| Leprosa milga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eulophidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetrastichinae |
| Genus: | Leprosa |
| Species: | L. milga |
| Binomial name | |
| Leprosa milga Kim and La Salle, 2008 | |
Leprosa milga is a species of Afrotropical wasp in the family Eulophidae, the only member of the genus Leprosa. It is a gall wasp which induces the production of galls on the seed pods of species in the genus Eucalyptus. It probably originated in Australia but has been recorded from South Africa and Italy.
References
- John Noyes. "Synonymic list Leprosa milga Kim and La Salle, 2008". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- Il-Kwon Kim; John La Salle (2008). "A new genus and species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) inducing galls in seed capsules of Eucalyptus". Zootaxa. 1745: 63–68.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Leprosa milga | |
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