Andricus stellaris, the sunburst gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on blue oaks and Oregon oaks on the Pacific coast of North America.[1][2] The wasp oviposits on the underside of leaves, between the lateral veins; the larval chamber is the brightly colored spot at the center of the gall.[1] The chamber is surrounded by a crystalline structure.[3]
| Andricus stellaris | |
|---|---|
| |
| Sunburst galls on an oak leaf, Santa Rosa, 2022 | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Andricus |
| Species: | A. stellaris
|
| Binomial name | |
| Andricus stellaris (Weld, 1926)
| |
References
edit- ^ a b Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 108–109. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
- ^ "Sunburst Gall Wasp (Andricus stellaris)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ Weld, Lewis H. (1926). "Field notes on gall-inhabiting cynipid wasps with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 68 (2611): 1–131. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.68-2611.1. hdl:10088/15671.
 | This Apocrita-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |