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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) » Heterarthrinae » Caliroini » Endelomyia » Roseslug Sawfly (Endelomyia aethiops)

Species Endelomyia aethiops - Roseslug Sawfly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Heterarthrinae
Tribe Caliroini
Genus Endelomyia
Species aethiops (Roseslug Sawfly)
Explanation of Names
Endelomyia aethiops (Fabricius 1781)
Size
adult 4‒5 mm, larva up to 15 mm(1)
Range
native to Eurasia, adventive and widespread in NA(1)(2)(3) (map)(4)
Food
hosts: Rosa(2); larvae feed on the underside of leaves(5)
Life Cycle
mainly parthenogenetic(1)
Remarks
pest of roses(1)
Internet References
Species page(6)
Works Cited
1.Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers: a colour handbook. 2nd ed.
Alford D.V. 2012. Academic Press. 480 pp.
2.Nearctic sawflies. III. Heterarthrinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
D.R. Smith. 1971. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1420. 84 pp.
3.Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Part 6.
Zhelokhovtsev A.N., Tobias V.I., Kozlov M.A. 1993. Keys to the Fauna of the USSR 158: 1-432.
4.Taeger A., Cincotta S., Susko E. (-2013) Kinds of Symphyta on Discover Life
5.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
6.Green A.J. (2021) The Sawflies (Symphyta) of Britain and Ireland
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 December, 2008 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 25 December, 2023 - 6:14pm

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