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Arge coccinea
Species
Arge coccinea
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)
Genus
Arge
No Taxon
(humeralis group)
Species
coccinea
(Arge coccinea)
Explanation of Names
Arge coccinea
(Fabricius 1804)
coccinea
Latin 'scarlet'
Size
♂ 7.0-8.5 mm, ♀ 9.0-10.5 mm
(
1
)
Range
e. NA (MA-ON-MI to FL-TX)
(
1
)
Food
Larva feed on
Rhus
(sumac)
Works Cited
1.
The sawfly genus Arge (Hymenoptera: Argidae) in the Western Hemisphere
Smith D.R. 1989. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 115: 83‒205.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 23 November, 2005 - 8:40pm
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
Chuck Entz
,
v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2012 - 7:47pm