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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Cimbex » Rusty Willow Sawfly (Cimbex rubidus)

Species Cimbex rubidus - Rusty Willow Sawfly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food
Rusty Willow Sawfly - Cimbex rubidus - female Rusty Willow Sawfly - Cimbex rubidus - female Cimbex rubida? - Cimbex rubidus - male - female Cimbex rubidus? - Cimbex rubidus Cimbex rubidus? - Cimbex rubidus Cimbex rubidus? - Cimbex rubidus Cimbex rubidus? - Cimbex rubidus
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 Cimbicidae (Cimbicid Sawflies)
Genus Cimbex
Species rubidus (Rusty Willow Sawfly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cimbex rubidus Cresson, 1880
= Cimbex rubida [!] - Cimbex is masculine so a female epithet is in error (see iNaturalist and BugGuide discussions)
Explanation of Names
Cimbex rubida Cresson, 1880
from the Latin rubidus = 'red, reddish'
Identification
Thick reddish/brown body, wings glossy black; female with yellow spot at the base of abdomen
Range
Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada in CA-NV
Habitat
Along rivers and lowland woods
Season
Adults active during summer
Food
Larvae feed on willows (Salix)
Contributed by tom murray on 31 December, 2007 - 3:13pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 23 April, 2022 - 12:54am

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