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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Sterictiphorinae » Schizocerella » Purslane sawfly (Schizocerella pilicornis)

Species Schizocerella pilicornis - Purslane sawfly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Hairy U-forked antennae- Argid sawfly?? (Ventral view) - Schizocerella pilicornis - male Hairy U-forked antennae- Argid sawfly?? (Dorsal view) - Schizocerella pilicornis - male Sunflower wasp - Schizocerella pilicornis - male - female Double antennae wasp - Schizocerella pilicornis - male Argidae - Schizocerella pilicornis - female Argidae, dorsal - Schizocerella pilicornis - female larva - Schizocerella pilicornis Frassy mine - Schizocerella pilicornis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)
Family Argidae (Argid Sawflies)
Subfamily Sterictiphorinae
Genus Schizocerella
Species pilicornis (Purslane sawfly)
Explanation of Names
Schizocerella pilicornis (Holmgren 1868)
pilicornis = 'with hairy antenna'
Size
smaller than S. lineata, 5-6 mm(1)
Identification
leaf-mining species; mesonotum mostly black(1)
Range
so. Canada to Argentina(1)
Food
Larvae mine leaves of purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
Works Cited
1.Systematics of two feeding morphs of Schizocerella pilicornis (Hymenoptera: Argidae) and recognition of two species
Hartsough C.D.B., Connor E.F., Smith D.R., Spicer G.S. 2007. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 100: 375-380.
Contributed by Devin Carroll on 26 June, 2008 - 10:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 30 May, 2014 - 2:26pm

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