Trichoteras coquilletti

Trichoteras coquilletti, formerly Andricus coquilletti, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America.[1] This wasp oviposits on the underside of the leaves of huckleberry oaks and canyon live oaks.[1] The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers.[1]

Trichoteras coquilletti
Trinity County, California, 2021
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Trichoteras
Species:
T. coquilletti
Binomial name
Trichoteras coquilletti
Ashmead, 1897

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References

  1. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 154. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502.
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