| Callirhytis quercusfutilis | |
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| Sexgen gall, external | |
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| Sexgen galls, internal | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Callirhytis |
| Species: | C. quercusfutilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Callirhytis quercusfutilis (Osten-Sacken, 1861) | |
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Callirhytis quercusfutilis, the oak wart gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1]
Ecology
Range is central and eastern North America. [1]
The agamic generation lives in the scurfy bark of a host white oak tree root or trunk base. [2]: 344 Host species include white oak, swamp white oak, overcup oak, bur oak, swamp chestnut oak, chestnut oak, dwarf chinkapin oak, and post oak. [3]
The sexual generation induces galls on host white oak leaves, between leaf veins and projecting slightly above both surfaces of the leaf. [2]: 343 Internally, thin radiating fibers connect the larval chamber to the wall of the gall, providing the larva with nutrients supplied by the host. [4]
References
- 1 2 "Callirhytis quercusfutilis". iNaturalist. California Academy of Sciences.
- 1 2 Alfred Charles Kinsey (1920). Life histories of American Cynipidae. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.122602.
- ↑ "Callirhytis quercusfutilis (agamic)". Gallformers.
- ↑ "Callirhytis quercusfutilis (sexgen)". Gallformers.
External links
Data related to Callirhytis quercusfutilis at Wikispecies
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