Josephiella microcarpae
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien:
First detection year
2018
Impacts
Leaf galler of F. microcarpa, lowers attractiveness of the plant used as ornamental (Demetriou pers. comm.).
Pathway
Pathway detail
Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)
References
Compton SG, Stavrinides M, Kaponas C, Thomas PJ (2020) No escape: most insect colonisers of an introduced fig tree in Cyprus come from the plant’s native range. Biological Invasions 22: 211–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02132-4
Kalaentzis K, Koutsoukos E, Demetriou J, Kazilas C, Avtzis DN, Georgiadis C (2023) First record and DNA barcoding of the fig gall wasp Josephiella microcarpae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) in Greece. BioInvasions Records 12(2): 563-571. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2023.12.2.19