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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 » Nematini » Phyllocolpa

Genus Phyllocolpa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Works Cited
caterpilla/cottonwood leaf - Phyllocolpa sawfly larvae/cottonwood leaf - Phyllocolpa sawfly - Phyllocolpa leavitti - female folded young leaves of Populus deltoides - Phyllocolpa robusta folded young leaves of Populus deltoides - Phyllocolpa robusta folded young leaves of Populus deltoides - Phyllocolpa robusta folded young leaves of Populus deltoides - Phyllocolpa robusta - male folded young leaves of Populus deltoides - Phyllocolpa robusta - male
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
Genus Phyllocolpa
Explanation of Names
Phyllocolpa Benson 1960
Numbers
26 spp. in our area(1)
Life Cycle
Females oviposit in willow and poplar leaves, distorting the growth so that the edge of the leaf folds. The larva feeds within the fold, eventually leaving it and feeding along the leaf edge.(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.
3.Types and biological notes of the eastern North American sawflies of Pontania Costa and Phyllocolpa Benson (Hym.:Tenthredinidae)
Zinovjev A.G., Smith D.R. 1999. Proc. Entom. Soc. Wash. 101: 359-371.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 June, 2010 - 7:15am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 May, 2013 - 4:04pm

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