Genus Arge

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Season · Life Cycle · Internet References

Sawfly - Arge humeralis - Arge humeralis

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 Argidae (Argid Sawflies)

Genus Arge

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Schrank, 1802.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 27 species.

Season

May-August (adults, Minnesota)

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on foliage of various shrubs and trees. A compilation from Insects of Cedar Creek and other sources:

clavicornus--Shadbush, Amelanchier
coccinea--Sumac, Rhus species
humeralis--Poison Ivy, Toxicodendron (Rhus) radicans
pectoralis--Hazelnut, Corylus, Birch, Betula
scapularis--Elm, Ulmus

Internet References

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with number pinned: abdominalis (1), clavicornus (8), coccinea (3), humeralis (13), pectoralis (6), scapularis (6)

Insects of Cedar Creek: family page, genus

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 11 June, 2005 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 15 August, 2006 - 11:59am

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