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Pteromalus bedeguaris

Pteromalus bedeguaris

Classification

Class
Insecta

Diplolepis rosae is a gall wasp which causes a gall known as the rose bedeguar gall, robin's pincushion, mossy rose gall, or simply moss gall. The gall develops as a chemically induced distortion of an unopened leaf axillary or terminal bud, mostly on field rose (Rosa arvensis) or dog rose (Rosa canina) shrubs. The female wasp lays up to 60 eggs within each leaf bud using her ovipositor.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 7Germany · 2France · 1Spain · 1