Feron bakkeri explained
Feron bakkeri, also known as the pinched leaf gall wasp, is a relatively uncommon species of gall-inducing hymenopteran.[1] [2] They produce pink leaf galls on Oregon oaks and scrub oaks. The distribution of this wasp is California and Oregon in North America. It was previously placed in the genus Andricus.[3]
Notes and References
- Book: Russo, Ronald A. . Plant Galls of the Western United States . Princeton University Press . 2021 . 978-0-691-21340-8 . 2020949502 . 108 . en-us . 10.1515/9780691213408. 238148746 .
- Web site: Pinched Leaf Gall Wasp (Andricus bakkeri) . iNaturalist . 2023-10-20 . en-US.
- Cuesta-Porta . Victor . Melika . George . Nicholls . James A. . Stone . Graham N. . Pujade-Villar . Juli . 2023-11-07 . Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Feron Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including the description of six new species . Zootaxa . 5366 . 1 . 1–174 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5366.1.1 . 38220731 . 1175-5334. 20.500.11820/8d7cf66b-8011-4572-b520-b8f5d78deae2 . 265191343 . free .