Pip gall wasp (Callirhytis operator)

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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