Diplolepis rosae
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Diplolepis rosae is a gall wasp which causes a gall known as the rose bedeguar gall, robin's pincushion, mossy rose gall, or simply moss gall. The gall develops as a chemically induced distortion of a
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Mature gall on a dog rose
Fine detail of the branched filaments of the gall
A section through a young gall showing the larvae and cells
Diplolepis (wasp)
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Diplolepis is a genus of approximately fifty species of gall-inducing wasps in the family Diplolepididae. The larvae induce galls on wild roses, and rarely on domestic roses.
Diplolepis rosae
…Diplolepis rosae specimen. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Diplolepididae Genus: Diplolepis Species: D. rosae Binomial name Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Diplolepips bedeguaris Rhodites rosae Cynips rosae Mature gall on a dog rose…
Diplolepis rosae
Diplolepis rosae adult