Leprosa milga

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Leprosa milga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Subfamily: Tetrastichinae
Genus: Leprosa
Species:
L. milga
Binomial name
Leprosa milga
Kim and La Salle, 2008

Leprosa milga is a species of Afrotropical wasp in the family Eulophidae, the only member of the genus Leprosa. It is a gall wasp which induces the production of galls on the seed pods of species in the genus Eucalyptus.[1] It probably originated in Australia but has been recorded from South Africa and Italy.[2]

References

  1. John Noyes. "Synonymic list Leprosa milga Kim and La Salle, 2008". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. Il-Kwon Kim; John La Salle (2008). "A new genus and species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) inducing galls in seed capsules of Eucalyptus". Zootaxa. 1745: 63–68.