| Melikaiella flora | |
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| Morro Bay State Park, 2021 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Melikaiella |
| Species: | M. flora |
| Binomial name | |
| Melikaiella flora (Weld, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Callirhytis milleri | |
Melikaiella flora, formerly Callirhytis milleri, the live oak petiole gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that produces leaf galls on coast live oak, interior live oak, and canyon live oak trees in California in North America. The gall often subsumes the entire petiole and occasionally part of the leaf body. Pregnant females of the second generation oviposit on acorns; these acorns are usually dropped by the tree and become food for squirrels, deer, Steller's jays, etc.
References
- ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 96. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
- "Live Oak Petiole Gall Wasp (Melikaiella flora)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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