''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 comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this generall ...
that induces galls on wild roses in North America.
''D. spinosa''-induced galls are said to be "one of the most conspicuous" found in the grasslands of the continent.
References
Cynipidae
Gall-inducing insects
Hymenoptera of North America
Insects described in 1897
Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead
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