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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) » Andricus » California Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuscalifornicus)

Species Andricus quercuscalifornicus - California Gall Wasp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References
California Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuscalifornicus)? - Andricus quercuscalifornicus Oak Apples on Scrub Oak, probably Quercus acutidens - Andricus quercuscalifornicus Oak Apples on Scrub Oak, probably Quercus acutidens - Andricus quercuscalifornicus Wasp - Andricus quercuscalifornicus Andricus quercuscalifornicus? - Andricus quercuscalifornicus Beetle larva found inside a gall - Andricus quercuscalifornicus Gall Insides - Andricus quercuscalifornicus Gall-2 - Andricus quercuscalifornicus
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 Andricus
Species quercuscalifornicus (California Gall Wasp)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Andricus californicus
Size
Galls can be up to 8 by 12 cm. Adult wasps are among the largest cynipids, at around 5mm.
Range
Southern Washington through Oregon and California to northern Mexico.
Food
Host plants are white oaks.
Life Cycle
Females lay eggs on stems. After the eggs hatch, galls develop around the larvae, which grow inside the galls while feeding on the gall material. Only parthenogenetic females are known for this species.
Remarks
Many other insects, especially other wasp species, are parasites, inquilines, and hyperparasites of this wasp.
Print References
Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States by Ron Russo
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 25 July, 2007 - 1:48am
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 1 November, 2015 - 6:47am

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