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Genus Acraspis

gall - Acraspis gall - Acraspis quercushirta Gall - Acraspis Hedgehog Gall Wasp - Acraspis erinacei Cynipidae, Hedgehog Gall Wasp, gall on Oak, 3 cells - Acraspis erinacei Egg case, cut open, lateral - Acraspis quercushirta Cynipidae, Jewel Oak Gall Wasp, gallX - Acraspis quercushirta gall on Quercus muhlenbergii - Acraspis prinoides
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
Food
Develop in spined oak leaf galls(1)
Works Cited
1.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.