Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Pack Forest
Washington State
July 10-12, 2009
Details...

Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies (Pamphiliidae)

Family Pamphiliidae - Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Food · Internet References
Sawfly - Acantholyda sawfly Pine False Webworm- Acantholyda erythrocephala ? Female - Acantholyda erythrocephala - female Sawfly Larva? - Neurotoma fasciata Pine sawfly, 12:24pm - Acantholyda erythrocephala - female Sawfly Sawfly? - Onycholyda Sawfly
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 Pamphiliidae (Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies)
Numbers
75 species in 7 genera in North America (nearctica.com)
Identification
adults have many-segmented antennae
Food
larvae spin webs in a variety of woody plants where they feed on foliage
Internet References
pinned adult images of undetermined species in the genera Acantholyda, Cephalcia, Neurotoma, Pamphilius (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)
Wikipedia
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod
Last updated 8 June, 2008 - 9:02pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact