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 Pip gall wasp (Callirhytis operator)

Pip gall wasp | Callirhytis operator photo
Pip gall wasp (Callirhytis operator ), damage to acorn
Photograph by Larry R. Barber, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

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PIP GALL WASP FACTS
Classification
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Cynipidae
Genus:Callirhytis
Species:operator
Common Name:Pip gall wasp


Relatives in same Genus
  Horned oak gall (C. cornigera)
  Stony gall (C. fructuosa)
  Gouty oak gall (C. quercuspunctata)
  Wool sower gall maker (C. seminator)





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