Burnettweldia corallina

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]

Burnettweldia corallina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Burnettweldia
Species:
B. corallina
Binomial name
Burnettweldia corallina
(Bassett, 1890)
Synonyms

Disholcaspis corallina

References

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  1. ^ a b "Burnettweldia corallina". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ 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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