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Genus Dryocosmus

Representative Images

Is this something buggish? - Dryocosmus dubiosus oak gall - Dryocosmus quercuspalustris Gall - Dryocosmus dubiosus Gall - Dryocosmus floridensis Gall Wasps - Dryocosmus favus Unknown gall - Dryocosmus dubiosus Flower galls on Quercus agrifolia - Dryocosmus dubiosus Gall on a Laurel Oak leaf (Quercus lalurifolia) - Dryocosmus archboldi

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 Dryocosmus

Numbers

16 species per Nomina Insecta Nearctica.

Remarks

Genus author is Giraud, 1859.
The Oriental chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus was introduced accidentally and is considered a serious pest if chestnuts.Wikipedia

Print References

L.K.Rieske, Success of an exotic gallmaker, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, on chestnut in the USA: a historical account, EPPO Bulletin 37 (1), 172–174 (2007)

Internet References

Wikipedia
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 18 September, 2008 - 10:29am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 6 September, 2017 - 11:45am

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