Callirhytis quercusfutilis

Callirhytis quercusfutilis, the oak wart gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1]

Callirhytis quercusfutilis
Sexgen gall, external
Sexgen galls, internal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Callirhytis
Species:
C. quercusfutilis
Binomial name
Callirhytis quercusfutilis
(Osten-Sacken, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Callirhytis radicis Bassett, 1889
  • Andricus radicis (Bassett, 1889)
  • Andricus radicicola Dalla Torre, 1893
  • Callirhytis radicicola (Dalla Torre, 1893)

Ecology

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Range is central and eastern North America. [1]

The agamic generation lives in the scurfy bark of a host white oak tree root or trunk base. [2]: 344  Host species include white oak, swamp white oak, overcup oak, bur oak, swamp chestnut oak, chestnut oak, dwarf chinkapin oak, and post oak. [3]

The sexual generation induces galls on host white oak leaves, between leaf veins and projecting slightly above both surfaces of the leaf. [2]: 343  Internally, thin radiating fibers connect the larval chamber to the wall of the gall, providing the larva with nutrients supplied by the host. [4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Callirhytis quercusfutilis". iNaturalist. California Academy of Sciences.
  2. ^ a b Alfred Charles Kinsey (1920). Life histories of American Cynipidae. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.122602.
  3. ^ "Callirhytis quercusfutilis (agamic)". Gallformers.
  4. ^ "Callirhytis quercusfutilis (sexgen)". Gallformers.
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