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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) » Allantinae » Allantini » Dogwood Sawflies (Macremphytus) » Macremphytus tarsatus

Species Macremphytus tarsatus

Representative Images

Dogwood Sawfly - Macremphytus tarsatus caterpillar of some sort - Macremphytus tarsatus Dogwood sawfly - Macremphytus tarsatus Dogwood Sawfly - Macremphytus tarsatus Roughleaf Dogwood Visitor - Macremphytus tarsatus parasitic Apocrita - Macremphytus tarsatus Black, white, and yellow caterpillars - Macremphytus tarsatus Dogwood Sawfly Larva - Macremphytus tarsatus

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 Allantinae
Tribe Allantini
Genus Macremphytus (Dogwood Sawflies)
Species tarsatus (Macremphytus tarsatus)

Explanation of Names

Macremphytus tarsatus (Say 1836)

Identification

Young larvae are covered with a powdery white waxy coating. Mature larvae are yellow beneath with black spots or cross-stripes above.

Range

e. NA west to MN-CO-TX(1)(2)

Food

hosts: Cornus(1) sensu lato (the genus has been split into at least five genera by some botanists)

Internet References

Species page(3)

Works Cited

1.Nearctic sawflies. IV. Allantinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Smith D.R. 1979. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1595. 172 pp.
2.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
3.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 1 August, 2006 - 6:41pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, tom murray, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 5 March, 2023 - 11:21pm

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