Burnettweldia plumbella
Burnettweldia plumbella, also known as the beaked twig gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp. Previously in the genus Disholcaspis, it was moved into a new genus, Burnettweldia, in 2021.[1] This wasp induces galls on oak trees, including blue oak, leather oak, Muller's oak, and scrub oaks. The galls are up to 15 mm in diameter and brightly colored, coming in either red with yellow spots or green with yellow spots. Their name comes from the galls' pointed tip. Galls are formed in spring and summer, and adults emerge from them in November and December. The adult wasps are 3–4 mm in length.[2]
| Burnettweldia plumbella | |
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| The galls formed by Burnettweldia plumbella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Burnettweldia |
| Species: | B. plumbella |
| Binomial name | |
| Burnettweldia plumbella Kinsey, 1920 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Disholcaspis plumbella | |
References
- Melika, George; Pujade-Villar, Juli; Nicholls, James A.; Cuesta-Porta, Victor; COOKE-McEWEN, Crystal; Stone, Graham N. (2021-06-28). "Three new Nearctic genera of oak cynipid gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini): Burnettweldia Pujade-Villar, Melika & Nicholls, Nichollsiella Melika, Pujade-Villar & Stone, Disholandricus Melika, Pujade-Villar & Nicholls; and re-establishment of the genus Paracraspis Weld". Zootaxa. 4993 (1): 1–81. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4993.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant galls of the Western United States. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 261. ISBN 0-691-21340-2. OCLC 1239984577.
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