Burnettweldia corallina, formerly Disholcaspis corallina, the coral gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on blue oaks in California in North America.[1][2] The wasp oviposits at the base of leaf petioles.[2] The detachable galls start out a mottled red-orange-yellow and over time darken to a deep brown and become brittle.[2] This gall superficially resembles the oak galls induced by Besbicus heldae and Cynips quercusechinus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Burnettweldia |
| Species: | B. corallina
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| Burnettweldia corallina (Bassett, 1890)
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Disholcaspis corallina | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Burnettweldia corallina". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b c Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 101. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
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