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Species Eriocampa ovata - Woolly Alder Sawfly

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Sawfly - Eriocampa ovata Alder Sawfly larva - Eriocampa ovata White 'wooly' caterpillar on Alder. - Eriocampa ovata Caterpillar - Eriocampa ovata 9036036 sawfly - Eriocampa ovata Tenthredinidae sp ? - Eriocampa ovata Eriocampa ovata Sawfly - Eriocampa ovata

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 Allantinae
Tribe Eriocampini
Genus Eriocampa
Species ovata (Woolly Alder Sawfly)

Other Common Names

Alder Sawfly

Explanation of Names

Eriocampa ovata (Linné 1761)

Size

6.8-7.2 mm(1)

Identification

Larva covered by flaky white bloom.

Range

native to Europe, adventive in our area (e. & w. NA)(1)

Season

in QC, adults appear in May-Jun (1st generation) and Jul-Aug (2nd generation)(1)

Food

hosts: Alnus(1)

Life Cycle

parthenogenetic (males unknown in NA, rare in Europe); bivoltine(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: ON 1908(1)

Internet References

Species page(2)

Works Cited

1.Nearctic sawflies. IV. Allantinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Smith D.R. 1979. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1595. 172 pp.
2.NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland
Contributed by tom murray on 11 April, 2007 - 9:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 July, 2022 - 12:45am

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