Cynips quercusfolii

Cynips quercusfolii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Cynips
Species:
C. quercusfolii
Binomial name
Cynips quercusfolii

Cynips quercusfolii, also known as the cherry gall wasp, is a gall wasp species in the genus Cynips and family Cynipidae. The species is important for the production of commercial nutgall formed on Quercus lusitanica (the gall oak). Galls are located on the underside of leaves, with the majority of galls being on the second and third veins from the petiole of the leaf.[1]

  1. ^ Ion, Agapi (2020). THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF CYNIPS QUERCUSFOLII GALLS IN REGULATING BIOCENOTIC OAK POPULATION DENSITY (Thesis). Institute of Ecology and Geography of ASM, the Republic of Moldova. pp. 120–123.