Biology:Caliroa quercuscoccineae

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Short description: Species of sawfly

Caliroa quercuscoccineae
Caliroa quercuscoccineae-larvae.jpg
larvae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Caliroa
Species:
C. quercuscoccineae
Binomial name
Caliroa quercuscoccineae
(Dyar)

Caliroa quercuscoccineae, the scarlet oak sawfly or slug oak sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.[1]

Ecology

Larvae feed on a wide range of oaks including pin, black, red, and white oaks as well as its namesake scarlet oak.[2][3]

Range

This sawfly is a pest of oaks, and has been reported from Massachusetts through North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee , and Georgia.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14452997 entry