Heteroecus lyoni

Heteroecus lyoni is a gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. Species in this genus are known to induce galls on oaks (Quercus), though specific details for H. lyoni are limited in available literature. The species was named in honor of someone with the surname Lyon, a common practice in taxonomic nomenclature. Like other cynipids, it likely exhibits a complex life cycle with alternating generations between sexual and parthenogenetic forms, though this has not been explicitly documented for this species.