Hemichroa australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
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

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

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. Zicha, Ondrej. "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. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014.


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