Cynips quercusfolii
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Cynips quercusfolii is a gall wasp
species in the genus Cynips
. The species is important for the production of commercial nutgall formed on Quercus lusitanica
(the gall oak).
Gall wasp
Gall wasps , also called Gallflies, are a family of the order Hymenoptera and are classified with the Apocrita suborder of wasps in the superfamily Cynipoidea...
species in the genus Cynips
Cynips
Cynips is a genus of gall wasps. One of the best known of these oak gall wasps is the common oak gall wasp , which induces characteristic two-centimeter in diameter, spherical galls on the underside of oak leaves.-Species:...
. The species is important for the production of commercial nutgall formed on Quercus lusitanica
Quercus lusitanica
Quercus lusitanica, commonly known as Gall Oak, Lusitanian Oak, or Dyer's Oak, is a species of oak native to Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. Q. lusitanica is the source of commercial nutgalls. These galls are produced by the infection from the insect Cynips gallae tinctoriae...
(the gall oak).