Dryocosmus minusculus

Dryocosmus minusculus is an abundant species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America.[1][2] Commonly known as the pumpkin gall wasp, the wasp oviposits on the leaves of black oak group.[1]

Dryocosmus minusculus
Galls induced by Dryocosmus minusculus, Coyote Valley Open Space District, San Jose, California, 2017
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Dryocosmus
Species:
D. minusculus
Binomial name
Dryocosmus minusculus
Weld, 1952

References

  1. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 96. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502.
  2. "Pumpkin Gall Wasp (Dryocosmus minusculus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.


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