Andricus confertus | |
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Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area, Walnut Creek, California, 2013 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Andricus |
Species: | A. confertus
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Binomial name | |
Andricus confertus McCracken & Egbert, 1922
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Andricus confertus, the convoluted gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America. [1] This gall, with its pink, brain-like appearance, is actually a cluster of galls. [1] The wasp oviposits one gall mass on the midrib of the underside of valley oak leaves. [1]