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Species Arge humeralis - Poison Ivy Sawfly

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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
Species humeralis (Poison Ivy Sawfly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1809 by Palisot de Beauvois as Tenthredo humeralis
Food
Larva feeds on poison ivy, Toxicodendron (Rhus) radicans, and related species.
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Insects of Cedar Creek
Contributed by tom murray on 23 November, 2005 - 8:49pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 31 August, 2009 - 12:34am

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