Callirhytis apicalis | |
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Fort Ord Natural Reserve, September 2021 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Callirhytis |
Species: | C. apicalis
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Binomial name | |
Callirhytis apicalis (Ashmead, 1896)
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Callirhytis apicalis, formerly Andricus apicalis, the trunk gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on the trunks or roots of black oak group trees in California in North America. [1] [2] Newly formed galls are red or yellow, turning brown as they age. [2] This wasp is most often associated with Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak). [2] This wasp is generally considered uncommon. [2]