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Burnettweldia corallina

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North American gall-inducing wasp

Burnettweldia corallina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Burnettweldia
Species: B. corallina
Binomial name
Burnettweldia corallina
(Bassett, 1890)
Synonyms

Disholcaspis corallina

Burnettweldia corallina, formerly Disholcaspis corallina, the coral gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on blue oaks in California in North America. The wasp oviposits at the base of leaf petioles. The detachable galls start out a mottled red-orange-yellow and over time darken to a deep brown and become brittle. This gall superficially resembles the oak galls induced by Besbicus heldae and Cynips quercusechinus.

References

  1. ^ "Burnettweldia corallina". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 101. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.

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