Burnettweldia corallina
North American gall-inducing wasp
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Burnettweldia |
| Species: | B. corallina |
| Binomial name | |
| Burnettweldia corallina (Bassett, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Disholcaspis corallina | |
