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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Sterictiphorinae » Sphacophilus » Sphacophilus (Litocolus) cellularis (Sphacophilus cellularis)

Species Sphacophilus cellularis - Sphacophilus (Litocolus) cellularis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Small Green Caterpillars - Sphacophilus cellularis Sawfly larvae on Field bindweed. - Sphacophilus cellularis Sawfly larvae on Field bindweed - Sphacophilus cellularis Sawflies on virginia creeper - Sphacophilus cellularis - female Sawflies on virginia creeper - Sphacophilus cellularis - female Unknown Sawfly - Sphacophilus cellularis - female Larvae - Sphacophilus cellularis Argidae, ventral - Sphacophilus cellularis - male
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 Argidae (Argid Sawflies)
Subfamily Sterictiphorinae
Genus Sphacophilus
Species cellularis (Sphacophilus (Litocolus) cellularis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sphacophilus cellularis (Say 1836)
Size
avg. length: ♂ 4.6 mm, ♀ 5.8 mm(1)
Identification
Females have much more orange and simple antennae (Dave Smith, 2.viii.2009)
Range
e. US (QC-FL to MN-SD-LA)(1)
Food
hosts: Convolvulus, Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae)(1)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic sawflies of the genera Neoptilia Ashmead, Schizocerella Forsius, Aprosthema Konow, and Sphacophilus Provancher...
Smith D.R. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 97: 537-594.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 August, 2009 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 31 May, 2014 - 9:05am

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