Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae

Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae
	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.[1]

References

Dennill, G.B., Donnelly, D., Steward, K. & Impson, F.A.C. 1999. Insect agents used for the biological control of Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) Nielsen (Fabaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology Memoir 1: 45–54.

External links

Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae at WaspWeb

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[1] Dennill, G.B., Donnelly, D., Steward, K. & Impson, F.A.C. 1999. Insect agents used for the biological control of Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) Nielsen (Fabaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology Memoir 1: 45–54.