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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) » Nematinae » Cladiini » Cladius » Poplar Sawfly (Cladius grandis)

Species Cladius grandis - Poplar Sawfly

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · 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 Nematinae
Tribe Cladiini
Genus Cladius
Species grandis (Poplar Sawfly)
Other Common Names
Hairy Poplar Sawfly
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trichiocampus viminalis (Fallén 1808), Cladius (Trichiocampus) grandis (Serville 1823)
Explanation of Names
Trichiocampus grandis (Serville 1823)
Size
adult 7-9 mm, larva up to 20 mm(1)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA(2)(1) (common in the US & e. Canada)*
Season
adults May-Aug(1)
Food
hosts: Populus, Salix (Salicaceae)(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: early 1900s*
Internet References
NatureSpot(3)
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers: a colour handbook. 2nd ed.
Alford D.V. 2012. Academic Press. 480 pp.
2.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.
3.NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland
Contributed by tom murray on 9 November, 2009 - 7:45pm
Additional contributions by v belov, marcie oconnor
Last updated 26 March, 2024 - 6:03pm

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