Diastrophus smilacis Ashmead, 1896

Nastasi, Louis F. & Deans, Andrew R., 2021, Catalogue of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada and Mexico, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 68558-68558 : 68558

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e68558

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Diastrophus smilacis Ashmead, 1896
status

 

Diastrophus smilacis Ashmead, 1896

Ecological interactions

Feeds on

Host unknown; previously suspected to induce galls on Smilax rotundifolia L. and S. herbacea L., but this claim has been refuted ( Gates et al. 2020)

Distribution

United States: Florida, Illinois

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Cynipidae

Genus

Diastrophus