Feron parmula | |
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A gall formed by F. parmula | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Feron |
Species: | F. parmula
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Binomial name | |
Feron parmula Bassett, 1900
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Synonyms | |
Andricus parmula |
Feron parmula, also known as the disc gall wasp, is a species of oak gall wasp in the genus Feron. [1] [2] It induces galls in a wide selection of oak species, especially white oaks, [3] and including hybrids. [4] The galls are disc-shaped, up to 3 mm in diameter, and pale with red streaking. Adult females emerge in April. [3] The galls induced by F. parmula superficially resemble the galls of Feron gigas, Andricus viscidus, and newly identified species called the " plate gall wasp" and the " orange-cap gall wasp" by Ronald Russo. [3] Galls induced by this wasp have been documented in Oregon and California on the Pacific coast of North America. [5]