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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 » Willow Sawflies and allies (Nematini) » Euura » Former Pikonema (Euura Former Pikonema) » Yellow-headed Spruce Sawfly (Euura alaskensis)

Species Euura alaskensis - Yellow-headed Spruce Sawfly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Nematinae
Tribe Nematini (Willow Sawflies and allies)
Genus Euura
No Taxon (Former Pikonema)
Species alaskensis (Yellow-headed Spruce Sawfly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pachynematus ocreatus Harrington 1889
Pikonema alaskansis (Rohwer 1911)
Pachynematus alaskensis Rohwer 1911
Pachynematus piceae Rohwer 1911
Explanation of Names
Euura alaskensis (Rohwer 1911)
Range
native to NA, common in AB(1)
Habitat
Boreal/urban forests, shelterbelts; larvae feed externally on foliage and are seen much more often that adults(1)
Season
Adults emerge late May to mid-Jun; larvae feed through Jun-Jul(1)
Food
larvae feed on new foliage of spruce (Picea)(1)
Remarks
serious pest of spruce trees; damages nursery crops and urban trees(1)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 December, 2008 - 3:47pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 13 March, 2023 - 12:39am

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