Diastrophus nebulosus is a species that forms galls. Its common name is the blackberry knot gall wasp.[2] [3] Its host plant is Rubus flagellaris.

Diastrophus nebulosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Diastrophus
Species:
D. nebulosus
Binomial name
Diastrophus nebulosus
Synonyms

Cynips rubi Bouche

References

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  1. ^ Gordinier, H. (24 January 2018). "Biology of Diastrophus Nebulosus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and Its Parasitoid/Inquiline Complex in Galls on Rubus Flagellaris (Rosaceae)". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 36 (2). doi:10.22543/0090-0222.2087. ISSN 0090-0222. S2CID 54772061.
  2. ^ "Blackberry Knot Gall Wasp (Diastrophus nebulosus)". iNaturalist.
  3. ^ Beutenmüller, William (1909). "The North American species of Diastrophus and their galls". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 26: 136. hdl:2246/1964.