Callirhytis carmelensis
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Callirhytis carmelensis | |
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Pacifica, California, September 2023 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Callirhytis |
Species: | C. carmelensis
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Binomial name | |
Callirhytis carmelensis (Weld, 1922)
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Callirhytis carmelensis, formerly Andricus carmelensis, the mottled acorn gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on the acorns of coast live oaks and interior live oaks in California in North America.[1][2] The purple or spotted green gall forms where the acorn attaches to the tree and often prevents normal development of the nut.[2] The gall also produces a honeydew secretion that is attractive to other insects.[2] This wasp is generally considered uncommon.[2]
References
- ^ "Callirhytis apicalis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b c d Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 90. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
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