Diplolepis spinosa is a animal in the Cynipidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Diplolepis spinosa

Diplolepis spinosa

Diplolepis spinosa is a North American cynipid wasp that forms conspicuous galls on wild roses.

Family
Genus
Diplolepis
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Diplolepis spinosa

Diplolepis spinosa, commonly called the many-spined twig gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp. This wasp induces the formation of galls on wild roses across North America. Galls formed by D. spinosa are described as "one of the most conspicuous" galls found on the grasslands of North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Cynipidae Diplolepis

More from Cynipidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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