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Oak Curved-leaf Gall Wasp

Andricus curvator

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Cynipidae

Andricus curvator is a gall wasp which forms chemically induced leaf galls on oak trees and has both agamic and sexual generations. Agamic and sexual generations usually form two distinct galls on oak trees, but in the case of A. curvator there are six galls; the sexual generation usually on the leaf, occasionally in a twig or catkin, and the agamic generation in a bud.

Distribution

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Netherlands · 1,229United Kingdom · 714Germany · 178France · 121Italy · 55Spain · 27Belgium · 11Switzerland · 11Luxembourg · 7