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Odontocynips nebulosa

Odontocynips nebulosa

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Cynipidae

Odontocynips nebulosa is a species of cynipid wasp that induces large, woody, subterranean galls on the roots of oaks. For many years, this species was incorrectly associated with a common, mealy-white gall found on oak leaves; however, that gall is now known to be induced by a different, undescribed species. Description The adult wasp is small and rarely observed.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 102Mexico · 7