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Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Oak Spangle Gall Wasp)

Wikipedia Abstract

The common spangle gall on the underside of leaves and the currant gall on the male catkins or occasionally the leaves, develop as chemically induced distortions on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), or sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trees, caused by the cynipid wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum which has both agamic and bisexual generations. Previous names or synonyms for this species are Neuroterus baccarum, N. lenticularis, N. malpighii, Cynips lenticularis, C.
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Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak)[1]
Quercus canariensis (Algerian Oak)[1]
Quercus cerris (Turkey Oak)[1]
Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak)[1]
Quercus dentata (Japanese Emperor Oak)[1]
Quercus frainetto (Hungarian Oak)[1]
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)[1]
Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)[1]
Quercus pontica (Armenian Oak)[1]
Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak)[1]
Quercus pyrenaica[1]
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Eupelmus annulatus[2]

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Citations

Species recognized by , , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
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