Diplolepis spinosa
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| Diplolepis spinosa | |
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| Manitoba, 2023 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Diplolepididae |
| Genus: | Diplolepis |
| Species: | D. spinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplolepis spinosa (Ashmead, 1897) | |
Diplolepis spinosa, also known as the many-spined twig gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on wild roses in North America.[1] D. spinosa-induced galls are said to be "one of the most conspicuous" found in the grasslands of the continent.[2]
