Liposthenes glechomae

Liposthenes glechomae is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China)^[1][2] as well as North America where it and its host plant Glechoma hederacea are invasive, non-native species.^[3] Galls may appear as small red blemishes on foliage and develop into large green galls nearly as long as one of the plant's leaves.

Liposthenes glechomae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Liposthenes
Species:	L. glechomae
Binomial name
Liposthenes glechomae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Liposthenes glechomae galls in early spring, southern Ohio