| Besbicus multipunctatus | |
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| San Luis Obispo County, California, 2019 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Besbicus |
| Species: | B. multipunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Besbicus multipunctatus (Kinsey, 1929)
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Besbicus multipunctatus, formerly Cynips multipunctatus, also known as the gray midrib gall wasp, is a common species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on oak trees on the west coast of North America.1 The wasp oviposits on the midrib of the underside of blue oak leaves.1 The galls induced by this wasp are solid, except for the large central larval chamber, and are detachable.1 This wasp is found primarily, but not exclusively, in California.2
References
References
- Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 125. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
- "Gray Midrib Gall Wasp (Cynips multipunctata)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-26.