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Species Cystiphora schmidti (Rübsaamen, 1914)

Chondrilla Gall Midge

 

Introduction

Introduced to Australia as a biological control for skeleton weed, Chondrilla sp. (Compositae). Parasitised in Australia by Tetrastichus, Hymenoptera: Eulophidae.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Nearctic (introduced) and Palaearctic regions..

Introduced.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: gall-inducer.

Extra Ecological Information

Host plant skeleton weed Chondrilla sp. [Compositae]; introduced into Australia in 1971 as a biological control agent; parasitised in Australia by Tetrastichus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
25-Feb-2013 25-Feb-2013 MODIFIED
16-Nov-2011 16-Nov-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)