| Aneugmenus padi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Superfamily: | Tenthredinoidea |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Aneugmenus |
| Species: | A. padi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aneugmenus padi (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
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Aneugmenus padi is a species of sawfly (order Hymenoptera, family Tenthredinidae).
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in most of Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor and Transcaucasia. It has been introduced in western North America, in the northern coastal areas. These sawflies mainly inhabit low-growing vegetation on spruce forest edge.
Description
Aneugmenus padi can reach a length of 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in). Head, antennae, and abdomen are entirely black, while legs are yellow, with infuscate tarsi at their apices. Thorax is black, with white tegula. Wings are lightly infuscate.
Biology
Adults can be found from May to September, while larvae are present from Spring to October. The main host plants of the oligophagous larvae of this species are bracken and other ferns (Pteridium aquilinum, Athyrium filix-femina and Dryopteris filix-mas).
References
- Biolib
- Fauna europaea
- ^ David R. Smith Neararctic sawflies: II. Selandriinae : adults (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
- ^ J.K. Lindsey Commanster
- Gengyun Niu, Meicai Wei Key to world species of Aneugmenus in Review of Aneugmenus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) with description of a new species from China and a key to world species (excluding Neotropical)
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