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Species Eutomostethus ephippium

Sawfly – Eutomostethus ephippium? - Eutomostethus ephippium

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 Blennocampinae

Tribe Phymatocerini

Genus Eutomostethus

Species ephippium (Eutomostethus ephippium)

Explanation of Names

Eutomostethus ephippium (Panzer 1798)

Range

holarctic, but prob. adventive in NA, where most common around eastern seaports and only known from Vancouver & Seattle in the west; TX record questionable(1)

Food

on Poa and other soft grasses(1)

Works Cited

1.	Nearctic sawflies. I. Blennocampinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) D.R. Smith. 1969. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1397. 179 pp.

Contributed by tom murray on 8 October, 2008 - 10:42pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 13 June, 2012 - 5:44pm

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