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Species Allantus viennensis

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Allantus viennensis? - Allantus viennensis Wasp? - Allantus viennensis Sawfly behavior - Allantus viennensis - female Cerceris - Allantus viennensis Cerceris mimic ? Sawfly - Allantus viennensis Cerceris mimic ? Sawfly - Allantus viennensis Insect - Allantus viennensis Sawfly laying eggs in garden rose - Allantus viennensis

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 Allantini
Genus Allantus
Species viennensis (Allantus viennensis)

Other Common Names

Rose Sawfly(1)

Explanation of Names

Allantus viennensis (Schrank 1781)

Range

native to Europe; accidentally introduced to the US and so far known from NY, VA, WV(2)

Season

Apr-Aug(2)

Food

Larvae feed on cultivated roses (Rosa)(2)

Life Cycle

see(3)

Remarks

earliest NA record: NY 1975(2)

Works Cited

1.Thesaurus of agricultural organisms: pests, weeds and diseases
Derwent Publications (compilers/eds.). 1990. London: Chapman and Hall, 2 vols, 2368 pp.
2.Expanding ranges for four species of invasive sawflies (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in the eastern United States
Smith D. 2003. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105: 246-248.
3.Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers: a colour handbook. 2nd ed.
Alford D.V. 2012. Academic Press. 480 pp.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 12 April, 2005 - 10:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 10:49am

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