Besbicus conspicuus

Besbicus conspicuus, formerly Cynips conspicuus, also known as the fuzzy gall wasp, is a common species of cynipid wasp that induces globular stem galls on white oak trees on the west coast of North America.^[1] This gall is solid but for the central larval chamber.^[1] After the wasp emerges, beetles sometimes chew through the husk to consume the tissue inside.^[1] Besbicus conspicuus galls are sometimes mistaken for Disholcaspis washingtonensis galls.^[1] This wasp is found west of the Sierra Nevada range in California in North America.^[2]

Besbicus conspicuus
Sonoma County, California, 2023
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Besbicus
Species:	B. conspicuus
Binomial name
Besbicus conspicuus (Kinsey, 1929)
Synonyms
Cynips conspicua Cynips conspicuus Melika & Abrahamson, 2002 Cynips multipunctata var conspicua Kinsey, 1929

See also

• Besbicus