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Pristiphora
Photo#225938
Copyright © 2008
Karl Volkman
Catepiller 04a -
Pristiphora
Near the Horsefly River, Horsefly, Cariboo Region, British Columbia, Canada
September 10, 2008
Found on the leaf of a
Amelanchier alnifolia
shrub.
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Contributed by
Karl Volkman
on 17 September, 2008 - 2:25am
Last updated 19 July, 2019 - 5:20am
Moved
Moved from
Unidentified Sawfly Larvae
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Charley Eiseman
, 19 July, 2019 - 5:20am
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Pristiphora sp. It looks lik
Pristiphora sp.
It looks like European Pristiphora cincta but I don't know if another similar species in America.
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Alexander Boldyrev
, 18 July, 2019 - 3:59pm
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Wider view?
Do you have a photo with a wider view of the leaf or plant? If so, I might be able to identify the plant species.
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John Pearson
, 3 December, 2009 - 10:25pm
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Uploaded
I have added an image of the full leaf as best I took. It looks like it may be an
Amelanchier
species leaf?
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Karl Volkman
, 15 December, 2009 - 4:36pm
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Yes
Saskatoon Serviceberry
(
Amelanchier alnifolia
)
is the only serviceberry species in British Colombia.
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John Pearson
, 15 December, 2009 - 6:35pm
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Could it be Prunus?
Similar individuals are noted on
Prunus
. Whatever this is, it does indeed bear a striking resemblance to
Pristiphora cincta
, but that species is only confirmed on
Betula
and
Vaccinium
, and differs in having the yellow blotches distinctly divided.
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Spencer K. Monckton
, 18 November, 2020 - 10:18am
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Amelanchier makes sense
In 1895, Dyar included in his key to sawfly larvae an unidentified species, which he found feeding on the edges of both Amelanchier and Prunus leaves in New Hampshire, described as "vinous [the color of red wine] with obliquely cut white fat patches." This sure seems to be what he was describing, and I guess that's what you're referring to. Although Dyar's paper only mentions Prunus as a host, his notebook also indicated he found these larvae on Amelanchier canadensis (see Smith 1986).
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Charley Eiseman
, 16 November, 2022 - 7:09pm
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Agreed!
Yes, I suspect I know exactly what species this is, and will hopefully be publishing that information soon. I've seen several other records that would support Amelanchier (plus one which doesn't seem to track with any likely host, so probably the host range is somewhat flexible).
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Spencer K. Monckton
, 16 November, 2022 - 8:35pm
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Great
Looking forward to that publication! Here's one that's said to be on hawthorn: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79308099
I get the sense from leafminer and sawfly host ranges that some Rosaceae genera aren't very chemically differentiated. Not to mention the existence of intergeneric hybrids like Sorbaronia.
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Charley Eiseman
, 17 November, 2022 - 5:49pm
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Moved
Moved from
Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps
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Beatriz Moisset
, 6 October, 2008 - 1:34pm
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Too many pair of abdominal prolegs
Must be the larva of a sawfly instead.
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john and jane balaban
, 17 September, 2008 - 9:57am
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