Diplolepis bicolor, also known as the spiny bud gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces bud galls on wild roses.[1] This gall wasp is found throughout North America.[2] The galls measure 10 to 12 mm in diameter and have a superficial resemblance to the leaf galls induced by Diplolepis polita.[1]

Diplolepis bicolor
Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens, Nottingham, Pennsylvania, 2022
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diplolepididae
Genus: Diplolepis
Species:
D. bicolor
Binomial name
Diplolepis bicolor
(Beutenmuller, 1907)

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  1. ^ a b Russo, Ron (2006) [1979]. Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States. California Natural History Guide No. 91 (Rev. ed.). Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-520-24886-1. LCCN 2006009332. OCLC 65207054.
  2. ^ "Diplolepis bicolor". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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