Species Cimbex rubida - Rusty Willow Sawfly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References

Rusty Willow Sawfly - Cimbex rubida - female

Cimbex rubida? - Cimbex rubida - male - female

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 Cimbicidae (Cimbicid Sawflies)

Genus Cimbex

Species rubida (Rusty Willow Sawfly)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1880 by Ezra Townsend Cresson as Cimbex rubida

Explanation of Names

rubidus is Latin for "red, reddish, dark red"

Identification

Thick reddish/brown body, glossy black wings, and females have a yellow spot at the base of the abdomen.

Range

Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada

Habitat

Along rivers and lowland woods.

Season

Adults are active during summer.

Food

Larvae feed on Willows (Salix)

Internet References

Transactions of the American Entomological Society, v.8, p.1 Cresson's original description of the species

Contributed by tom murray on 31 December, 2007 - 3:13pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 5 September, 2009 - 10:48pm

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