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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) » Tenthredininae » Tenthredinini » Lagium

Genus Lagium

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Sawfly larva? - Lagium atroviolaceum unidentified Tenthredinidae - Lagium atroviolaceum sawfly larva - Lagium atroviolaceum On my Elderberry bush - Lagium atroviolaceum larva on Viburnum dentatum - Lagium atroviolaceum Sawfly ? Lagium atroviolaceum ? - Lagium atroviolaceum black and orange sawfly - Lagium atroviolaceum caterpillar or sawfly on Viburnum prunifolium - Lagium atroviolaceum
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 Tenthredininae
Tribe Tenthredinini
Genus Lagium
Explanation of Names
Lagium Konow 1904
Numbers
monotypic as a genus(1)(2)
Range
eastern (NB south to GA, west to ON, MN, IA, KS, OK, & LA)(3)(4)(2)
Food
Larvae feed on Sambucus and Viburnum(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.The genera and subgenera of the sawflies of Canada and Alaska (Hymenoptera: Symphyta)
Goulet H. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 20. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 235 pp.
2.Review of the sawfly genus Lagium (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
David R. Smith. 1986. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 88: 179-184.
3.Taeger A., Cincotta S., Susko E. (-2013) Kinds of Symphyta on Discover Life
4.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 July, 2011 - 5:54pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 24 March, 2023 - 2:21am

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