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Species Nematus abbotii

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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 Nematus
Species abbotii (Nematus abbotii)
Explanation of Names
Nematus abbotii (W.F. Kirby 1882)
Identification
According to Dave Smith, of the Nematus larvae feeding on black locust, N. tibialis is the green one (may have some small black dots); N. abottii is almost all black.
Range
e. US (map)
Season
Larvae occur only in the spring; one generation per year.