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Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae

Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae
Galls of Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae (Froggatt) 9798.jpg
Young galls of T. acaciaelongifoliae, still showing abortive flower rudiments.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Pteromalidae
Subfamily: Ormocerinae
Genus: Trichilogaster
Species: T. acaciaelongifoliae
Binomial name
Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae
(Froggatt, 1892)

Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae is a species of Australian chalcid wasps that parasitises, among others, Acacia longifolia (long-leaved wattle, or Sydney golden wattle), which has become an invasive pest in several countries. T. acaciaelongifoliae has been introduced into South Africa as a generally successful biological control agent of A. longifolia.


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