Species

Dryocosmus minusculus (Pumpkin gall wasp)

Dryocosmus minusculus. Photo: (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Dryocosmus are a genus of gall wasps. They are cyclically parthenogenetic insects that induce galls on plants in the family Fagaceae.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Proctotrupomorpha
        Superfamily: Cynipoidea (Gall wasps and allies)
        Family: Cynipidae (Gall wasps)
        Subfamily: Cynipinae
        Tribe: Cynipini (Oak gall wasps)
        Genus: Dryocosmus
        Species: Dryocosmus minusculus (Pumpkin gall wasp)

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