Eriocampa
Appearance
Eriocampa | |
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Eriocampa juglandis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Family: | Tenthredinidae |
Tribe: | Eriocampini |
Genus: | Eriocampa Hartig, 1837 |
Eriocampa is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are about ten described species in Eriocampa.[1][2]
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Eriocampa_ovata.jpg/220px-Eriocampa_ovata.jpg)
![Woolly Butternut Sawfly (Eriocampa juglandis) larvae](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Woolly_Butternut_Sawfly_%28Eriocampa_juglandis%29_larvae.jpg/220px-Woolly_Butternut_Sawfly_%28Eriocampa_juglandis%29_larvae.jpg)
Seven fossil species are known (see Eriocampa tulameenensis).
Species[edit]
These five extant species belong to the genus Eriocampa:
- Eriocampa dorpatica Konow, 1887[1]
- Eriocampa juglandis (butternut woollyworm) [3]
- Eriocampa mitsukurii Rohwer, 1910[1]
- Eriocampa ovata (Linnaeus, 1761) (alder sawfly)[1]
- Eriocampa umbratica (Klug, 1816)[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Eriocampa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Eriocampa Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ Kaufman, Kenn (2007). Kaufman Field Guide To Insects Of North America. p. 320.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- Smith, D.R. (1979). "Nearctic sawflies. IV. Allantinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)". Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No (1595).
External links[edit]
Media related to Eriocampa at Wikimedia Commons