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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini) » Acraspis » Acraspis villosa

Species Acraspis villosa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)
Tribe Cynipini (Oak Gall Wasps)
Genus Acraspis
Species villosa (Acraspis villosa)
Explanation of Names
Author: Gillette
Range
NY, MI, IA, KS, TX, UT, AZ (1)
Remarks
Produces leaf galls on Quercus arizonica, Q. grisea, Q. macrocarpa, Q. utahensis. (1)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 January, 2013 - 5:55pm

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