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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Nematinae » Cladiini » Priophorus
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Sawfly on black cherry - Priophorus
Copyright © 2008 JuneJeffries

Sawfly on black cherry - Priophorus
Ralls County, Missouri, USA
October 11, 2008
Size: one inch
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Contributed by JuneJeffries on 12 October, 2008 - 9:29pm
Last updated 20 June, 2012 - 6:55pm

Moved
Moved from images that Dr Smith was unable to identify past family [tmp.].
… v belov, 20 June, 2012 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

Priophorus pruni??
...or something close? I know it can't be the same species as Tom's image here because the food plant is wrong but I wondered if it could be in the same genus so I Googled the genus and the food plant, Prunus serotina.

See info and description here.
… Steve Nanz, 20 June, 2012 - 3:55am login or register to post comments

 
Good research . . .
The larva is very similar to the Priophorus that feeds on Rubus (P. brullei). It is probably a Priophorus since there are very few "hairy" sawfly larvae. Yes, there is a Priophorus that feeds on Prunus, currently called Priophorus compressicornis (Fabricius). Priophorus pruni Rohwer and P. pallipes Lepeleter (also used for this species) are synonyms of P. compressicornis. Very likely, this is P. compressicornis, but I have not seen larvae and therefore don't know how to separate it from other species of Priophorus. You could call it Priphorus compressicornis (?), with the identity solely based on the host plant.
… Dave Smith, 20 June, 2012 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
observant
Thanks for the comments, I didnt even notice this sawfly was hairy, and didnt know few are!
… JuneJeffries, 20 June, 2012 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… v belov, 10 November, 2009 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae
Cannot identify further.
… Dave Smith, 10 November, 2009 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

Strange
sort of looks like Euthyatira pudens (Dogwood Thyatirid Moth - Hodges#6240), wonder if there is some mimicry.
… John R. Maxwell, 6 September, 2009 - 12:52am login or register to post comments

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