Besbicus multipunctatus | |
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San Luis Obispo County, California, 2019 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
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]