Atrusca bella
North American gall-inducing wasp
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Atrusca bella, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a locally common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America.[1] The wasp oviposits on Arizona white oak, Mexican blue oak, netleaf oak, Toumey oak, and shrub live oak.[1] The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers.[1] The gall induced by this wasp is larger, lighter-colored, and more common than the similar gall induced by Atrusca brevipennata.[1] This wasp has been observed in Arizona and New Mexico.[2]
| Atrusca bella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Atrusca |
| Species: | A. bella |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrusca bella (Bassett, 1881) | |
