Biology:Nematus
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Short description: Genus of sawflies
Nematus | |
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Adult willow sawfly, Nematus oligospilus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Family: | Tenthredinidae |
Subfamily: | Nematinae |
Genus: | Nematus Panzer, 1801 |
Nematus is a genus of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. Some of its species, including Nematus leucotrochus, Nematus olfaciens and Nematus ribesii, eat the leaves of fruit bushes and trees, and can be serious pests.[1]
Nematus leucotrochus, pale-spotted gooseberry sawfly
Nematus ribesii, common gooseberry sawfly
See also
- List of Nematus species
References
- ↑ Alford, David V. (2014), Pests of Fruit Crops: a Colour Handbook (2nd ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 394–397, ISBN 978-1-4822-5420-4
Wikidata ☰ Q3337994 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematus.
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