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Species Feron gigas - Saucer Gall Wasp

Gall - Cynipid Wasp - Andricus gigas - Feron gigas - female

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 Feron

Species gigas (Saucer Gall Wasp)

Size

3-4mm wide (unisexual generation); 3mm tall (bisexual generation)

Food

Larvae of the unisexual summer generation develop in galls on the upper surfaces of leaves on blue, scrub, and Englemann oaks. The bisexual spring generation galls are conical and tan.

Print References

Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States by Ron Russo

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 25 July, 2007 - 11:29pm

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