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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) » Rose Gall Wasps (Diplolepidini) » Rose Gall Wasps (Diplolepis) » Mossy Rose Gall Wasp (Diplolepis rosae)

Species Diplolepis rosae - Mossy Rose Gall Wasp

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · Internet References
[edit] Diplolepis rosae. - Diplolepis rosae Diplolepis rosae Rose gall - Diplolepis rosae gall on dog rose - Diplolepis rosae Rose Gall - Diplolepis rosae Grass Wasp Nest? - Diplolepis rosae Grass Wasp Nest? - Diplolepis rosae *Something* on Swamp Rose leaf: Cynipidae? A Bedeguar Gall of Mossy Rose Gall Wasp (Diplolepis rosae)? - Diplolepis rosae
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 Diplolepidini (Rose Gall Wasps)
Genus Diplolepis (Rose Gall Wasps)
Species rosae (Mossy Rose Gall Wasp)
Other Common Names
Robin's pincushion gall wasp
Rose bedeguar gall wasp
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cynips rosae Linnaeus, 1758
Remarks
introduced from Europe. Its hosts are roses, especially Rosa canina, Rosa corymbifera and Rosa rubiginosa, all of them from the Palaearctic.
Internet References
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Wikipedia
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 September, 2010 - 6:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, PaleoJon
Last updated 30 August, 2023 - 10:47pm

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