Cynips quercusechinus

Cynips quercusechinus, the urchin gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. It induces its galls, which resemble sea urchins, on the leaves of oak trees. These galls are about 10mm in diameter.[1] The galls fall with the leaves in autumn, and the larvae inside of them emerge as adults in the spring.[2]

Urchin gall wasp
Gall formed by Cynips quercusechinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Cynips
Species:
C. quercusechinus
Binomial name
Cynips quercusechinus
Osten Sacken, 1870
Synonyms

Antron quercusechinus

This species was first described by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1870 based on specimens from California.[3]

References

  1. "Species Cynips quercusechinus - Urchin Gall Wasp". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  2. Russo, Ron. "Bay Nature Magazine: Otherworldly Growths on Oaks are the Sign of Galls". Bay Nature. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  3. Osten-Sacken, Carl Robert (1870). "Contributons to the natural history of the Cynipidae of the United State [sic] and their galls". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 3: 54–64.


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