Family Diprionidae - Conifer Sawflies

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Red-headed Pine Sawfly - Neodiprion lecontei

Introduced Pine sawfly, Diprion similis - Diprion similis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)

Family Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 45 species in 6 genera.

Size

Most are 12 mm or less.

Identification

Antennae with 13 or more segments. The antennae are serrated in the female and pectinate or bipectinate in males.

Food

Larvae feed on conifers and can do considerable damage.

Remarks

Relatively rare in the Midwest but common elsewhere.

Print References

(1)page 649.

(2)

Internet References

University of Florida

Wikipedia

Symphyta photos

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

2.	Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America By Richard E. White, Christopher Leahy, Roger Tory Peterson

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 25 March, 2005 - 7:02pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 9 October, 2008 - 7:43am

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