Cibdela janthina

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.

Cibdela janthina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Argidae
Genus:
Cibdela
Species:
C. janthina
Binomial name
Cibdela janthina
(Klug, 1834)[1]

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]

  • Cibdela janthina
    Cibdela janthina
  • Cibdela janthina
    Cibdela janthina
  • Cibdela janthina larvae on Rubus alceifolius leaf
    Cibdela janthina larvae on Rubus alceifolius leaf

References
  1. zipcodezoo.com
  2. (in French) www.agriculture-biodiversite-oi.org
  3. 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.


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