Andricus pedicellatus, the hair stalk gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces long spindly leaf galls on blue oaks on the Pacific coast of North America.[1][2]

Andricus pedicellatus
Hair stalk galls, Mount Diablo State Park, 2018
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Andricus
Species:
A. pedicellatus
Binomial name
Andricus pedicellatus
(Kinsey, 1922)
Synonyms

Dryophanta pedicellata

References

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  1. ^ "Hair Stalk Gall Wasp (Andricus pedicellatus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ "California gall-making Cynipidae with descriptions of new species / by Isabel McCracken and Dorothy Egbert". HathiTrust. p. 14. hdl:2027/mdp.39015068533523. Retrieved 25 October 2023.