Gall wasp

Hexacola hexatoma

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Figitidae

Gall wasps, also traditionally called gallflies, or cynipids, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of cynipids are known worldwide, with about 360 species of 36 different genera in Europe and some 800 species in North America.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Gall wasp

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