Caliroa quercuscoccineae
larvae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Caliroa
Species:
C. quercuscoccineae
Binomial name
Caliroa quercuscoccineae
(Dyar)

Caliroa quercuscoccineae, the scarlet oak sawfly or slug oak sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.[1]

Ecology

Larvae feed on a wide range of oaks including pin, black, red, and white oaks as well as its namesake scarlet oak.[2][3]

Range

This sawfly is a pest of oaks, and has been reported from Massachusetts through North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Scarlet Oak Sawfly (Caliroa quercuscoccineae)". iNaturalist.
  2. ↑ Boggs, Joe (June 6, 2019). "Caliroa quercuscoccineae Be Alert for Scarlet Oak Sawfly". Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
  3. ↑ Nordin, G. L.; Johnson, E. L. (1983). "Biology of Caliroa Quercuscoccineae (Dyar) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Central Kentucky I. Observations on the Taxonomy of Principal Life Stages". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 56 (3): 305–314.
  4. ↑ "Caliroa quercuscoccinae". Bugwoodwiki. University of Georgia. 2 February 2010.


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