Atrusca bella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Atrusca |
Species: | A. bella
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Binomial name | |
Atrusca bella (Bassett, 1881)
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Atrusca bella, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a locally common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America. [1] The wasp oviposits on Arizona white oak, Mexican blue oak, netleaf oak, Toumey oak, and shrub live oak. [1] The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers. [1] The gall induced by this wasp is larger, lighter-colored, and more common than the similar gall induced by Atrusca brevipennata. [1] This wasp has been observed in Arizona and New Mexico. [2]