Xanthoteras teres (formerly Trigonapsis teres), the ball-tipped gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in Oregon and California in North America.[1][2] The wasp oviposits on the leaves of Oregon oaks and leather oaks, resulting in a somewhat Suessian gall that has an upright stalk topped by a fuzzy ball.[1] The species was first described by Lewis Hart Weld in 1926.[3]

Xanthoteras teres
Gall produced by Xanthoteras teres, collected Jackson County, Oregon, 2021
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Xanthoteras
Species:
X. teres
Binomial name
Xanthoteras teres
Weld, 1926

References

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  1. ^ a b Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 122–123. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
  2. ^ "Ball-tipped Gall Wasp (Xanthoteras teres)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  3. ^ "Species Xanthoteras teres - Ball-tipped Gall Wasp". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-10-23.