Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp

Amphibolips quercuspomiformis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae

Amphibolips quercuspomiformis, also known as the apple gall wasp or live oak apple gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp. It induces galls in coast live oak and interior live oak trees. Like many gall wasps, it has two alternating generations which induce differing galls: an all-female parthenogenic generation, and a bisexual generation.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2,270Mexico · 12

Sources and credits

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Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp

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