Leptocybe invasa

TaxID: 1028344

Basic Information

Leptocybe invasa

Blue-gum Chalcid, Gall wasp

Leptocybe invasa, the blue gum chalcid wasp or eucalyptus gall wasp, is a chalcid wasp which is the only species in the monotypic genus Leptocybe in the subfamily Tetrastichinae, of the family Eulophidae. It is a gall wasp which causes the formation of galls on a number of species of Eucalyptus, it was described in 2004 after galls were found in river red gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) in the Mediterranean and Middle East and has since been found to be a widespread species where its host trees are planted. It is indigenous to Australia.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Eulophidae

Leptocybe

invasa

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Leptocybe invasa
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(c) Tony Rebelo@BY-SA
Leptocybe invasa
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(c) Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou)@BY-NC
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(c) stellifera@BY-NC
Leptocybe invasa
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(c) Jeremy Gilmore@BY
Leptocybe invasa
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(c) Leonardo Hernández Escudero@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (12 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile A2 list 2019
Peru Absent —

Distribution (51 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Brazil Present
Chile Present —
China Present
Cyprus Present —
Egypt Present —
Spain Present
Ethiopia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR18012765 Whole worm - female 19500783 China: Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province
SRR18012764 Whole worm - female 22091347 China: Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province
SRR18012763 Whole worm - female 19358308 China: Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature