Callirhytis apicalis
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| Callirhytis apicalis | |
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| Fort Ord Natural Reserve, September 2021 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Callirhytis |
| Species: | C. apicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Callirhytis apicalis (Ashmead, 1896) | |
Callirhytis apicalis, formerly Andricus apicalis, the trunk gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on the trunks or roots of black oak group trees in California in North America.[1][2] Newly formed galls are red or yellow, turning brown as they age.[2] This wasp is most often associated with Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak).[2] This wasp is generally considered uncommon.[2]
