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Species Psyllaephagus pilosus

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 Encyrtidae (Encyrtid Wasps)

Subfamily Encyrtinae

Genus Psyllaephagus

Species pilosus (Psyllaephagus pilosus)

Explanation of Names

Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes 1988

Remarks

Introduced to combat the psyllid Ctenarytaina eucalypti on Eucalyptus globulus.

Contributed by James Bailey on 21 January, 2018 - 9:23pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2018 - 1:58am

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