Andricus confertus

Andricus confertus
	Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area, Walnut Creek, California, 2013
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Andricus
Species:	A. confertus
Binomial name
	Andricus confertus; McCracken & Egbert, 1922

Andricus confertus, the convoluted gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America. This gall, with its pink, brain-like appearance, is actually a cluster of galls.^[1] In summer, parthenogenetic female larvae induce these galls on the underside of valley oak leaves, along the midrib. Adult wasps emerge the following spring.^[1] These adult females are brown with lighter markings, and are 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in) in length.^[2]

References

^ ^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.
^ McCracken, Mary Isabel; Egbert, Dorothy Barnes (1922). California Gall-making Cynipidae: With Descriptions of New Species. Stanford University Publications. pp. 32–33.

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[Russo_2021-1] 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.

[2] McCracken, Mary Isabel; Egbert, Dorothy Barnes (1922). California Gall-making Cynipidae: With Descriptions of New Species. Stanford University Publications. pp. 32–33.

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