Xanthoteras teres (formerly Trigonapsis teres), the ball-tipped gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in Oregon and California in North America.[1][2] The wasp oviposits on the leaves of Oregon oaks and leather oaks, resulting in a somewhat Suessian gall that has an upright stalk topped by a fuzzy ball.[1] The species was first described by Lewis Hart Weld in 1926.[3]
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| Gall produced by Xanthoteras teres, collected Jackson County, Oregon, 2021 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Subfamily: | Cynipinae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Xanthoteras |
| Species: | X. teres
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoteras teres Weld, 1926
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References
edit- ^ a b Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 122–123. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
- ^ "Ball-tipped Gall Wasp (Xanthoteras teres)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "Species Xanthoteras teres - Ball-tipped Gall Wasp". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
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