''Diplolepis nodulosa'', also known as the rose-stem gall wasp, is a species of

cynipid 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 generall ...

that induces bud

gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...

s on wild

roses A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be e ...

in North America. This galls induced by this species have a number of

inquilines In zoology, an inquiline (from Latin ''inquilinus'', "lodger" or "tenant") is an animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. For example, some organisms such as insects may live in the h ...

and

parasitoids In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasi ...

. ''D. nodulosa'' is assigned to a

clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

of Nearctic stem gallers within ''Diplolepis'' along with '' Diplolepis californica, Diplolepis oregonesis,

Diplolepis spinosa ''Diplolepis spinosa'', also known as the many-spined twig gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp Gall wasps, also incorrectly called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name c ...

'', and ''

Diplolepis triforma ''Diplolepis'' may refer to: * ''Diplolepis'' (wasp), a gall wasp genus in the family Cynipidae * ''Diplolepis'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Asclepiadaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...

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* Cynipidae Gall-inducing insects Hymenoptera of North America Insects described in 1909 Taxa named by William Beutenmuller Insects of Canada Insects of the United States {{Apocrita-stub