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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) » Blennocampinae » Phymatocerini » Monophadnus » Monophadnus aequalis
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Hepatica sawfly - Monophadnus aequalis - female
Copyright © 2013 Charley Eiseman

Hepatica sawfly - Monophadnus aequalis - Female
Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve, Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, USA
April 7, 2013
Ovipositing in hepatica leaves. I wondered if it might be Pseudodineura parva, although it struck me as a bit large for a leafminer. I saved the specimen, as well as some leaves containing eggs.

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Hepatica sawfly - Monophadnus aequalis - female Hepatica sawfly - Monophadnus aequalis - female
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 10 April, 2013 - 6:21pm
Last updated 30 July, 2013 - 8:25pm

Moved
Moved from Blennocampinae.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 July, 2013 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 April, 2013 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Blennocampinae
Not Pseudodineura parva (Nematinae). The wings put it in Blennocampinae and it most resembles a Periclista. Hepatica is not a known host for any blennocampines, and especially Periclista which feeds on oaks. Not sure what to say. Maybe I could see the specimen sometime?
… Dave Smith, 10 April, 2013 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Absolutely
I'll send you all the sawflies I have after (I hope) the ones I have overwintering in the fridge emerge. I have leafminers from Anemone and Vaccinium plus a fern feeder or two.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 April, 2013 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

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