Cibdela janthina | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Family: | Argidae |
Genus: | Cibdela |
Species: | C. janthina
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Binomial name | |
Cibdela janthina |
Cibdela janthina is a sawfly of the family Argidae. This species originates from Sumatra in South-East Asia but had also been introduced to La Réunion in 2007 for biological pest control of Rubus alceifolius, a Rosaceae species that had become an invasive species.
It has a metallic dark-blue colour, the males have a length of approx. 8 mm and the females of 9.5 mm. [2]
A parasitoid of C. janthina is Proterops borneoensis. [3]
Cibdela janthina | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Family: | Argidae |
Genus: | Cibdela |
Species: | C. janthina
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Binomial name | |
Cibdela janthina |
Cibdela janthina is a sawfly of the family Argidae. This species originates from Sumatra in South-East Asia but had also been introduced to La Réunion in 2007 for biological pest control of Rubus alceifolius, a Rosaceae species that had become an invasive species.
It has a metallic dark-blue colour, the males have a length of approx. 8 mm and the females of 9.5 mm. [2]
A parasitoid of C. janthina is Proterops borneoensis. [3]