Diplolepis spinosa, also known as the many-spined twig gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on wild roses in North America.[1] D. spinosa-induced galls are said to be "one of the most conspicuous" found in the grasslands of the continent.[2]

Diplolepis spinosa
Manitoba, 2023
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diplolepididae
Genus: Diplolepis
Species:
D. spinosa
Binomial name
Diplolepis spinosa
(Ashmead, 1897)

References

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  1. ^ "Diplolepis spinosa (Many-spined Twig Gall Wasp)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  2. ^ Shorthouse, Joseph D. (2010-06-04), Shorthouse, Joseph (ed.), "Galls induced by cynipid wasps of the genus Diplolepis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on the roses of Canada's grasslands" (PDF), Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 1): Ecology and Interactions in Grassland Habitats, Biological Survey of Canada, pp. 251–279, doi:10.3752/9780968932148.ch12, ISBN 978-0-9689321-4-8, retrieved 2023-11-08