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Species Nefusa ambigua

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Nefusa ambigua on viola - Nefusa ambigua

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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 Heterarthrinae

Tribe Fenusini

Genus Nefusa

Species ambigua (Nefusa ambigua)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Fenusa ambigua Norton 1867

Range

e. NA (ME-QC-WI-TN)(1)

Food

Larvae mine violet leaves

Print References

Shaw, F.R. (1940) A new species of leafmining sawfly attacking violet. Journal of Economic Entomology 33: 951.

Works Cited

1.	Nearctic sawflies. III. Heterarthrinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) D.R. Smith. 1971. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1420. 84 pp.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 January, 2012 - 4:47pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 9 February, 2012 - 12:53pm

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