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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Neoptilia » Hollyhock Sawfly (Neoptilia malvacearum)
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Neoptilia malvacearum - male
Copyright © 2008 Bob Barber

Neoptilia malvacearum - Male
Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
August 9, 2008
I have not been able to identify this sawfly that is on my Hollyhocks annually. It is not one of the two species known to use this host
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Contributed by Bob Barber on 9 August, 2008 - 12:03pm
Last updated 3 August, 2009 - 8:17pm

Moved
Moved from Argid Sawflies.
… Bob Barber, 3 August, 2009 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

Neoptilia malvacearum (Cockerell)
Males with forked antennae. Female in other picture.
… Dave Smith, 3 August, 2009 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

love your work -- thanx
sorry can't contribute anything of substance
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