Species Arge ochropus - Rose Sawfly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Orange fly with black thorax - Arge ochropus

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 Argidae (Argid Sawflies)

Genus Arge

Species ochropus (Rose Sawfly)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Arge rosae, Arge ochropa

Explanation of Names

Arge ochropus (Gmelin 1790)

ochropus Greek 'yellow-legged'

Size

7-10 mm

Identification

Larva:

Range

native to the Palaearctic and widespread there; in NA, first reported in ON(1), now recorded from other Canadian provinces and the US (mostly in the northeast)

Food

larval host: roses

Remarks

the only representative of the Palaearctic ochropus group (a dozen spp. total) in the New World(1)

Internet References

Encyclopedia of Life

Ecology of Comanster

Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	The sawfly genus Arge (Hymenoptera: Argidae) in the Western Hemisphere Smith D.R. 1989. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 115: 83‒205.

Contributed by Nick Fensler on 11 August, 2006 - 8:54pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 15 May, 2015 - 4:48pm

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