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Andricus notholithocarpi

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Andricus notholithocarpi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Andricus
Species:
A. notholithocarpi
Binomial name
Andricus notholithocarpi
Melika, Nicholls & Stone, 2018

Andricus notholithocarpi is a species of gall wasp that forms galls on Notholithocarpus plants. It can produce galls of four types, three differentiated only by where on the plant they occur: buds, catkins, or leaves. [1]

References

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  1. ^ Nicholls, James A.; Melika, George; Demartini, John D.; Stone, Graham N. (2018-12-01). "A new species of Andricus Hartig gallwasps from California (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) galling Notholithocarpus (Fagaceae)". Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History. 1 (1). Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History: 17. doi:10.18476/insy.v01.a3. hdl:20.500.11820/15d3dda4-5526-4380-934b-f666b2c46c98. ISSN 2628-2380. S2CID 196644164.