Tenthredo arcuata
| Tenthredo arcuata | |
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| File:Tenthredinidae - Tenthredo arcuata-1.jpg | |
| Tenthredo arcuata from Italy | |
| File:Tenthredinidae - Tenthredo arcuata.JPG | |
| Museum specimen of Tenthredo arcuata | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Tenthredo |
| Species: | T. arcuata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tenthredo arcuata Forster, 1771
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Tenthredo arcuata is a sawfly species of the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies).[1][2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Tenthredo arcuata can reach a length of about 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in). These sawflies have a yellow to apple green body with black head and thorax . The upperside of the abdomen shows greeny-yellow and black bands. Wings have a pale brown color with a long brown pterostigma.[3]
Biology
[edit | edit source]The adults can be encountered from April through July, feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers (especially on Apiaceae species, on Polygonum bistorta, Tanacetum vulgare and Viburnum opulus). The larvae feed at night on leaves of Trifolium repens and Lotus corniculatus.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]This species can be found in most of Europe.[1] These sawflies prefer flower rich meadows.[3]
Gallery
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T. arcuata
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Wing of T. arcuata
References
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