Phylloteras

Phylloteras is a North American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, ^[1] tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps). ^[2]

Phylloteras
P. volutellae galls on bur oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Tribe:	Cynipini
Genus:	Phylloteras Ashmead, 1897
Synonyms
Xystoteras

Species

There are at least 4 described species in Phylloteras, ^[3] possibly 11 total. ^[4]

• Phylloteras cupella (Weld)—urn gall wasp
• Phylloteras poculum (Osten-Sacken, 1862)
• Phylloteras sigma (Weld)
• Phylloteras volutellae Ashmead, 1897—conical oak gall wasp