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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eulophidae » Tetrastichinae » Leptocybe » Blue Gum Chalcidoid Wasp (Leptocybe invasa)

Species Leptocybe invasa - Blue Gum Chalcidoid Wasp

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eulophidae
Subfamily Tetrastichinae
Genus Leptocybe
Species invasa (Blue Gum Chalcidoid Wasp)
Other Common Names
(Blue Gum Eulophid Wasp)
Explanation of Names
Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle, 2004
Size
♀ 1.1-1.4 mm (Wiley & Skelley, 2008)
Range
native to Queensland, Australia, adventive around the world, incl. so. US (FAO, 2012; Wiley & Skelley, 2008)
Food
hosts: various eucalypts (FAO, 2012)
Life Cycle
larvae form bump-shaped galls on the leaf midribs, petioles and stems of young trees, coppice and seedlings (FAO, 2012)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 2008 (Wiley & Skelley, 2008)
Internet References
FAO. 2012. Leptocybe invasa. Forest Pest Species Profiles. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States. (Web Archive)
Wiley, J. & Skelley, P. 2008. A Eucalyptus Pest, Leptocybe invasa Fisher and LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Genus and Species New to Florida and North America. Pest Alert DPI-FDACS-P-01699. (Web Archive)
Contributed by v belov on 9 June, 2017 - 4:31pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 12 November, 2024 - 6:11am

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