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Species Euura ribesii - Imported Currantworm

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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 Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Subfamily Nematinae
Tribe Nematini (Willow Sawflies and allies)
Genus Euura
Species ribesii (Imported Currantworm)
Other Common Names
Gooseberry Sawfly, Common Currantworm, Gooseberry Caterpillar
Explanation of Names
Nematus ribesii (Scopoli 1763)
Size
adults 5-7 mm, larva up to 20 mm(1)
Range
cosmopolitan(2); native to Europe, adventive elsewhere(1); in our area, n. half of the US & so. Canada(3)
Food
host: Ribes spp.(2)
Internet References
Species page(4)
Fact sheet (UK)
Works Cited
1.Pests of fruit crops: a colour handbook
Alford D.V. 2007. Academic Press. 480 pp.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
4.NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 2 June, 2009 - 12:29am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 4 January, 2018 - 7:19am

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