| Atrusca capronae | |
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| Coconino National Forest, Sedona, Arizona, 2023 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Atrusca |
| Species: | A. capronae
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| Binomial name | |
| Atrusca capronae (Weld, 1930)
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Atrusca capronae, also known as the striped oak-apple gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America.1 The wasp oviposits on shrub live oak leaves.1 The intensity of the stripe color may vary regionally.1 This wasp is most commonly observed in Arizona but is found elsewhere in southwestern North America where its host plant is present.2
References
References
- Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 108–109. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
- "Atrusca capronae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.