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Species Monostegia abdominalis

Blue-grey sawfly larva - Monostegia abdominalis

Tenthredinidae: Monostegia abdominalis - Monostegia abdominalis

sawfly larvae on loosestrife - Monostegia abdominalis

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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