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Tenthredo temula
Male of Tenthredo temula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Tenthredo
Species:
T. temula
Binomial name
Tenthredo temula
Scopoli 1763
Synonyms
  • Tenthredo celtica Benson

Tenthredo temula is a sawfly species of the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies), subfamily Tenthredininae. [1]

Distribution

This sawfly is a Euro-siberian species, widespread in most of European countries. [2]

Habitat

This species can be found in hedgerows and meadows. [3] [4]

Description

Female

The adults of Tenthredo temula are up to 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long. [3] The thorax and head are brilliant black, clypeus, labrum and the base of mandibles are yellow, the abdomen is black with a transversal yellow band and a yellow tip. Femora and tibia are black in males, respectively black and yellow in females. The wings are brown and transparent, with brown veins and black stigma. [4] [5]

Biology

They can be encountered from May through late summer [3] [4] feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers from various plants (mainly family Apiaceae, as Anthriscus sylvestris, Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium), but also on Rubus fruticosus and Crataegus monogyna. [3] Larvae develop on plants of the genus Ligustrum.

References

  • Magis N. (2003): Notes faunistiques sur les espèces du genre Tenthredo Linné, 1758 sensu lato dans la région franco-rhénane (Hymenoptera Symphyta : Tenthredinidae, Tenthredininae), Notes fauniques de Gembloux, n° 53 [as Tenthredo temula Scopoli, 1763]


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tenthredo temula
Male of Tenthredo temula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Tenthredo
Species:
T. temula
Binomial name
Tenthredo temula
Scopoli 1763
Synonyms
  • Tenthredo celtica Benson

Tenthredo temula is a sawfly species of the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies), subfamily Tenthredininae. [1]

Distribution

This sawfly is a Euro-siberian species, widespread in most of European countries. [2]

Habitat

This species can be found in hedgerows and meadows. [3] [4]

Description

Female

The adults of Tenthredo temula are up to 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long. [3] The thorax and head are brilliant black, clypeus, labrum and the base of mandibles are yellow, the abdomen is black with a transversal yellow band and a yellow tip. Femora and tibia are black in males, respectively black and yellow in females. The wings are brown and transparent, with brown veins and black stigma. [4] [5]

Biology

They can be encountered from May through late summer [3] [4] feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers from various plants (mainly family Apiaceae, as Anthriscus sylvestris, Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium), but also on Rubus fruticosus and Crataegus monogyna. [3] Larvae develop on plants of the genus Ligustrum.

References

  • Magis N. (2003): Notes faunistiques sur les espèces du genre Tenthredo Linné, 1758 sensu lato dans la région franco-rhénane (Hymenoptera Symphyta : Tenthredinidae, Tenthredininae), Notes fauniques de Gembloux, n° 53 [as Tenthredo temula Scopoli, 1763]



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