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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) » Allantinae » Empriini » Monostegia » Monostegia abdominalis

Species Monostegia abdominalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
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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 Allantinae
Tribe Empriini
Genus Monostegia
Species abdominalis (Monostegia abdominalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tenthredo abdominalis Fabricius, 1798
Range
Introduced from Europe; now found in SE Canada and NE United States.
Food
Larvae feed on foliage of loosestrife (Primulaceae: Lysimachia spp.).
Life Cycle
2+ generations a year.
Internet References
iNaturalist
Maryland Biodiversity Project
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 August, 2009 - 8:40pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 25 June, 2023 - 6:27pm

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