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Philonix
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Philonix

Philonix is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. Species in this genus are only known from Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The larvae of Philonix wasps induce galls on white oaks that are typically spherical, soft and fleshy. Galls are usually formed on the underside of leaves. Adult wasps are similar in appearance to species in the genus Acraspis. Many gall wasps have alternate sexual and asexual generations, but this has...

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Philonix fulvicollis

speciesPhilonix fulvicollis

Philonix gigas

speciesPhilonix gigas

woolly globe gall wasp

speciesPhilonix lanaeglobuli

Philonix nigra

speciesPhilonix nigra

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133246.