Tenthredo notha

Tenthredo notha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Tenthredo
Species:
T. notha
Binomial name
Tenthredo notha
Klug, 1814
Synonyms
  • Allantus perkinsi Morice, 1919
  • Tenthredo schaefferi f. perkinsi (Morice, 1919)

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

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Fauna europaea
  3. ^ a b c J.K. Lindsey Commanster
  4. ^ Nature Spot
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