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Species Arge ochropa - Rose sawfly

Larva on rose bush - Arge ochropa Some type of hymenopteran? - Arge ochropa Imported Rose Sawfly - Arge ochropa bright orange insect - Arge ochropa Orange hornet like insect - Arge ochropa Orange hornet like insect - Arge ochropa Imported rose sawfly - Arge ochropa Rose Sawfly - Arge ochropa
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 ochropa (Rose sawfly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1790 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin as Tenthredo ochropus
Arge rosae
Explanation of Names
ochropus is perhaps from Greek ochros (ωχρος)- "pale, pale yellow" + Greek pous(πους)- "foot". If so, the correct spelling is probably ochropus, since it would be a noun in apposition (which doesn't change gender to match the name of the genus) rather than an adjective (which does)
Identification
Larva:

Range
An introduction from Europe, it was first reported in Ontario, and more recently recorded from the U.S. and from other provinces in Canada. Mostly in the northeastern part of our area, but can be expected to increase its range.
Food
The larvae feed on the leaves of roses
Internet References
Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae Per Regna Tria, 13th Edition, p.2657    Gmelin's original description of the species (in Latin)