Callirhytis perfoveata

Callirhytis perfoveata, formerly Andricus perfoveata, the leaf ball gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that produces leaf galls on oak trees in California in North America.[1] The wasp oviposits on coast live oak, interior live oak, and occasionally on California black oak, and induces what appears to be a roughly spherical gall embedded within the leaf.[2] The gall is initially bright green and turns brown as it ages.[2]

Callirhytis perfoveata
Santa Clara County, April 2021
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Callirhytis
Species:
C. perfoveata
Binomial name
Callirhytis perfoveata
(Kinsey, 1922)

References

  1. "Ball Gall Wasp (Callirhytis perfoveata)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 97. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502.


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