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Trichoteras vacciniifoliae

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North American gall-forming wasp

Trichoteras vacciniifoliae
Plumas County, 2023
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Trichoteras
Species: T. vacciniifoliae
Binomial name
Trichoteras vacciniifoliae
(Ashmead, 1896)

Trichoteras vacciniifoliae, formerly Andricus vacciniifoliae, the golden oak apple wasp, is a species of gall-forming hymenopteran. The wasp creates a stem gall on host plants, namely huckleberry oaks and canyon live oaks. Andricus vacciniifoliae is native to the west coast of North America. Because of their colorful appearance and location on the plant, the galls are often mistaken for fruit. The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers.

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References

  1. ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 143. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8.
  2. Asquith, Nancy (2020-11-21). "CALIFORNIA OAK GALLS". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  3. "Species Andricus vacciniifoliae - Golden Oak Apple Wasp". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  4. "Andricus vaccinifoliae (agamic)". www.gallformers.org. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  5. Russo, Ron (December 2009). "Confessions of a Gall Hunter" (PDF). Natural History Magazine. pp. 20–25 – via californiaoaks.org.
Taxon identifiers
Andricus vacciniifoliae


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