Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Hymenoptera Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Tenthredinidae | |
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Similar Tenthredo notha, Tenthredo livida, Tenthredo atra, Tenthredo amoena, Tenthredo campestris | ||
Tenthredo temula is a sawfly species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies), subfamily Tenthredininae.
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Description
The adults are to 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long. The thorax and head are brilliant black, clypeus, labrum and the base of mandibles are yellow, the abdomen is black with a transversal yellow band and a yellow tip, femoras and tibias are black. The wings are brown and transparent.
They can be encountered from May through late summer feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers from various plants (mainly Apiaceae family, as Anthriscus sylvestris, Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), but also on Rubus fruticosus and Crataegus monogyna. Larvae develop on plants of the genus Ligustrum.
Distribution
This sawfly is a Euro-siberian species, widespread in most of European countries.
Habitat
This species can be found in hedgerows and meadows.