Diplolepis bassetti, also known as the mossy rose gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces bud galls on wild roses in North America.[1] Hosts include interior rose, Nootka rose, and pine rose.[1]

Diplolepis bassetti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diplolepididae
Subfamily: Diplolepidinae
Genus: Diplolepis
Species:
D. bassetti
Binomial name
Diplolepis bassetti
(Beutenmüller, 1918)

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  1. ^ a b Russo, Ron (2006) [1979]. Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States. California Natural History Guide No. 91 (Rev. ed.). Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. pp. 297–298. ISBN 978-0-520-24886-1. LCCN 2006009332. OCLC 65207054.
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