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  10. ›Eulophidae
  11. ›Tetrastichinae
  12. ›Leptocybe
Eucalyptus Stem Gall Wasp
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Eucalyptus Stem Gall Wasp

Leptocybe invasa

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, on 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...

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