''Diastrophus potentillae'', also known as the cinquefoil bud gall wasp,
[ is a ]species
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of gall wasp
Gall wasps, also incorrectly called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this gener ...
in the family
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Cynipidae
Gall wasps, also incorrectly called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this gener ...
.[ It is found in eastern North America.][ It makes galls on the stems of '']Potentilla canadensis
Potentilla canadensis, the dwarf cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil (genus ''Potentilla'') native to North America.
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Cynipidae
Hymenoptera of North America
Insects described in 1864
Taxa named by Homer Franklin Bassett
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Gall-inducing insects
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