Tenthredo notha

Tenthredo notha
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
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. 1 2 3 J.K. Lindsey Commanster
  4. ↑ Nature Spot
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