Dryocosmus castanopsidis, also known as the chinquapin flower gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on the flowers of giant chinquapin and bush chinquapin on the west coast of North America.[1] The husk and flesh of the galls are red, with a "golden bloom" on the husk, and the central larval chamber has a green tint.[1]
| Dryocosmus castanopsidis | |
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| San Mateo County, California, 2022 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Dryocosmus |
| Species: | D. castanopsidis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dryocosmus castanopsidis (Beutenmueller, 1917)
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References
edit- ^ a b Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 240. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
Further reading
edit- Nicholls, James A.; Melika, George; DeMARTINI, John; Stone, Graham N. (2018-12-19). "New species of Dryocosmus Giraud gallwasps from California (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) galling Chrysolepis Hjelmq. (Fagaceae)". Zootaxa. 4532 (3): 407–433. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30647357. S2CID 58651113.
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