Dryocosmus kuriphilus

TaxID: 310278

Basic Information

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

oriental chestnut gall wasp, Asian chestnut gall wasp, Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a species of gall wasp known by the common names chestnut gall wasp, Oriental chestnut gall wasp, and Asian chestnut gall wasp. It is native to China and it is known in many other parts of the world, particularly the Northern Hemisphere, as an introduced species and an invasive horticultural pest. It attacks many species of chestnut (genus Castanea), including most cultivated varieties. It is considered the world's worst pest of chestnuts.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Cynipidae

Dryocosmus

kuriphilus

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Dryocosmus kuriphilus
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(c) F Ceragioli@BY-SA
Dryocosmus kuriphilus
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(c) Hamachidori@BY-SA
Dryocosmus kuriphilus
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(c) Michel Renou@BY-NC
Dryocosmus kuriphilus
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(c) Michel Renou@BY-NC
Dryocosmus kuriphilus
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(c) Gyorgy Csoka@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (5 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (36 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Austria PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Belgium PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Bulgaria PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Belarus Absent —
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Cyprus PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Czechia PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Germany PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Denmark PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
EPPO A2 Present —
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Distribution (32 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

30
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Canada Present
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Absent —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_038277395.1 Chromosome 2283 727 198833 -

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature