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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) » Callirhytis » Callirhytis lanata

Species Callirhytis lanata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Works Cited
Galls on Red Oak - Callirhytis lanata Galls on Red Oak - Callirhytis lanata Black oak leaf gall - Callirhytis lanata Black oak leaf gall - Callirhytis lanata Fuzzy oak galls - Callirhytis lanata Andricus or Callirhytis? - Callirhytis lanata Callirhytis lanata Callirhytis lanata
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 Callirhytis
Species lanata (Callirhytis lanata)
Explanation of Names
Author: Gillette
Remarks
Forms woolly, detachable galls on leaves of various species in the red oak group. The galls drop in October and adults may emerge in the second, third, or fourth spring. (1)
Works Cited
1.Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States
Lewis H. Weld. 1959. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 February, 2013 - 11:11pm
Last updated 18 October, 2014 - 12:20pm

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