Tenthredo notha
| Tenthredo notha | |
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| Tenthredo notha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Tenthredo |
| Species: | T. notha |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenthredo notha Klug, 1814 | |
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Tenthredo notha, a Common Sawfly, is a species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae subfamily Tenthrediniinae. [1]
Distribution
This species is mainly present in British Isles, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Greece. [2]
Description
The adults grow up to 8–11 millimetres (0.31–0.43 in) long. [3] These quite large sawflies have a lemon-yellow abdomen with black markings. This species is very similar to Tenthredo arcuata and Tenthredo brevicornis. [4]
Biology
They can be encountered from June through September feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers (especially on Apiaceae species). [3]
The larvae mainly feed on clover (Trifolium repens), they overwinter as eonymph, pupating and emerging the following Spring. [3]
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Fauna europaea
- 1 2 3 J.K. Lindsey Commanster
- ↑ Nature Spot