Article
Genetic Diversity of the Invasive Gall Wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and of its Rickettsia Endosymbiont, and Associated Sex-Ratio Differences.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Nugnes Francesco, Gebiola Marco, Monti Maurilia Maria, Gualtieri Liberata, Giorgini Massimo, Wang Jianguo, Bernardo Umberto
Abstract excerpt
The blue-gum chalcid Leptocybe invasa Fisher & LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a gall wasp pest of Eucalyptus species, likely native to Australia. Over the past 15 years it has invaded 39 countries on all continents where eucalypts are grown. The worldwide invasion of the blue gum chalcid was attributed to a single thelytokous morphospecies formally described in 2004. Subsequently, however, males have been...
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