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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 » Hoplocampini » Hoplocampa » European Apple Sawfly (Hoplocampa testudinea)

Species Hoplocampa testudinea - European Apple Sawfly

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
flower visitor - Hoplocampa testudinea - female flower visitor - Hoplocampa testudinea - female Procreating European Apple Sawflies - Hoplocampa testudinea - male - female Procreating European Apple Sawflies - Hoplocampa testudinea - male - female European Apple Sawfly - Hoplocampa testudinea
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 Hoplocampini
Genus Hoplocampa
Species testudinea (European Apple Sawfly)
Other Common Names
EAS; Apple Sawfly (in Europe)
Explanation of Names
Hoplocampa testudinea (Klug)
Size
adult up to 8 mm
Range
native to, and widespread across Europe, adventive in NA, now across ne. US (to VA) and adjacent Canada (NS-ON)
Food
Larvae feed in developing fruits of apples and possibly other fruits(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: NY 1939(2)
Internet References
Fact sheets: VA Tech., PennState (anon.), anon.(3)
Works Cited
1.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
2.Expanding ranges for four species of invasive sawflies (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in the eastern United States
Smith D. 2003. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105: 246-248.
3.Insects (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs web site)
Contributed by v belov on 24 April, 2012 - 6:56pm
Last updated 4 March, 2013 - 10:39am

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