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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Conifer Sawflies (Diprionidae) » Neodiprion » White Pine Sawfly (Neodiprion pinetum)

Species Neodiprion pinetum - White Pine Sawfly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
White Pine Sawfly - Neodiprion pinetum White Pine Sawfly larva - Neodiprion pinetum Neodiprion pinetum Sawfly larva - Neodiprion pinetum Neodiprion pinetum Neodiprion pinetum White Pine Sawfly - Neodiprion pinetum White Pine Sawfly - Neodiprion pinetum
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 Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)
Genus Neodiprion
Species pinetum (White Pine Sawfly)
Explanation of Names
Neodiprion pinetum (Norton 1869)
Identification
Full grown larvae are pale yellow with a black head. They have 4 rows of black spots extending from the head to the black spot at the posterior end. About 25mm long.(1)
Range
Throughout the eastern white pine region(1)
Food
Eastern white pine is preferred but will eat Pitch, shortleaf, red, and mugho pines(1)
Life Cycle
Females lay 3-4 eggs in needles of a single twig. The larvae feed gregariously on both old and new needles. When mature they drop to the ground and spin cocoons in the soil.(1)
Overwinter as a mature larva(1)
One and sometimes a partial generation per year, depending on the location.(1)
Internet References
Fact sheets: (2) | Cloyd (2001)(3)
Forest Pests
Works Cited
1.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
2.IPM of Midwest landscapes
3.University of Illinois Extension -- Integrated pest management: Insect information
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 31 August, 2007 - 5:16pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 4 September, 2023 - 10:53am

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