Hemichroa australis

Hemichroa australis is a species of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae.[2]

Hemichroa australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Symphyta
Superfamily:
Tenthredinoidea
Family:
Tenthredinidae
Genus:
Hemichroa
Species:
H. australis
Binomial name
Hemichroa australis
(Serville, 1823)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tenthredo alni Linnaeus, 1767
  • Hemichroa alni
  • Tenthredo australis Serville, 1823
  • Tenthredo luctuosa nomen oblitum Hill, 1773

Description

Hemichroa australis can reach a length of about 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in). Head and thorax are bright red, while the mesopleuron and the abdomen are shiny black.[3]

This sawfly is similar to Hemichroa crocea, which has a bright orange abdomen and legs.

Larvae feed on alder (Alnus species) and birch (Betula species).[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe.[5]

References
  1. Atlas, NBN. "Hemichroa australis - NBN Atlas - NBN Atlas". data.nbn.org.uk.
  2. ondrej.zicha(at)gmail.com, Ondrej Zicha. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz.
  3. "INSECTES14-51". aramel.free.fr.
  4. "Hemichroa australis (Serville, 1823) (a sawfly)". www.bioinfo.org.uk.
  5. "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.