Cibdela janthina
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Argidae |
| Genus: | Cibdela |
| Species: | C. janthina
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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]
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Cibdela janthina larvae on Rubus alceifolius leaf
References
- ^ zipcodezoo.com
- ^ (in French) www.agriculture-biodiversite-oi.org
- ^ Achterberg &Chenon, 2009. The first report of the biology of Proterops borneoensis Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Ichneutinae), with the description of a new species from China. . - Journal of Natural History 2009 Vol. 43 No. 9/12 pp. 619–633 abstract
- Klug, J.C.F. 1834. Übersicht der Tenthredinetae der Sammlung (des Berliner entomologischen Museums). Jahrbücher der Insektenkunde 1: 233–253.