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title: "Common Spangle Gall Wasp"
description: "Neuroterus quercusbaccarum — Insetti e ragni. The common spangle gall on the underside of leaves and the currant gall on the male catkins or occasionally the leaves, develop as chemically induced distortions on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), or sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trees, caused by the cynipid wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum which has both agamic and bisexual generations."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-spangle-gall-wasp
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Spangle Gall Wasp

> Neuroterus quercusbaccarum — Insetti e ragni. The common spangle gall on the underside of leaves and the currant gall on the male catkins or occasionally the leaves, develop as chemically induced distortions on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), or sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trees, caused by the cynipid wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum which has both agamic and bisexual generations.

- Scientific name: *Neuroterus quercusbaccarum*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 13839
- Wikidata: [Q1905281](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1905281)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55598](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55598)

## Names

- en: Common Spangle Gall Wasp
- de: Eichenlinsengallwespe
- fr: Cynips de la galle lentille du chêne
- nl: Lensgalwesp
- pl: Rewiś dębowy

## Countries with the most observations

GB (7133), FR (1206), DE (815), IT (708), PT (514), ES (480), NL (221), RU (219), AT (206), CZ (163), DK (158), BE (141)

## Summary

The common spangle gall on the underside of leaves and the currant gall on the male catkins or occasionally the leaves, develop as chemically induced distortions on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), or sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trees, caused by the cynipid wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum which has both agamic and bisexual generations.
Previous names or synonyms for this species are Neuroterus baccarum, N. lenticularis, N. malpighii, Cynips lenticularis, C. quercus-baccarum, Spathegaster baccarum, S. varius, S. interruptor.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroterus_quercusbaccarum

## Photo

![Common Spangle Gall Wasp](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-spangle-gall-wasp/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189125772

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-spangle-gall-wasp?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).