Tenthredopsis litterata

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Tenthredopsis litterata
Tenthredopsis litterata, female

Tenthredopsis litterata , female

Systematics
Subordination : Plant Wasps (Symphyta)
Family : Sawfly (Tenthredinidae)
Subfamily : Tenthredininae
Tribe : Tenthredopsini
Genre : Tenthredopsis
Type : Tenthredopsis litterata
Scientific name
Tenthredopsis litterata
( Geoffroy , 1785)
Tenthredopsis cf. litterata , female
Tenthredopsis litterata , male
larva
Larva curled up

Tenthredopsis litterata is a plant wasp from the family of sawfly (Tenthredinidae).

features

The medium-sized plant wasps reach a body length of 10–13 mm. The wasps are very variable in color. One color variant of the females has a black head, a black thorax and a black front half of the abdomen . The rear half of the abdomen is orange. The eyes have a light border along the inside of the eyes. The antennae are black. The thorax can have a yellow lateral margin, the label can be colored yellow. There is also a black variant of the female. The head, thorax and the entire abdomen are black. The slimmer males have a yellow head and thorax, both with black spots. The abdomen, legs and antennae are orange. The wings of both sexes have a black and yellow wing mark . The females can be distinguished from related species by the shape of the hypopygium on the abdominal underside. Similar species, especially of the females, are: T. nassata , T. coquebertii and T. scutellaris .

distribution

The species occurs in large parts of Europe. In the north they occur as far as Great Britain and Sweden. In the south it is apparently missing on the Iberian Peninsula .

Way of life

Tenthredopsis litterata prefers meadows and hedges as habitat. The plant wasps are particularly observed in spring and early summer from May to July. The larvae develop mainly on common ball grass ( Dactylis glomerata ).

Taxonomy

The following synonyms are used in the literature :

  • Tenthredo litterata Geoffroy , 1785
  • Tenthredopsis carbonaria ( Linnaeus , 1767)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Attila Haris & Henrik Gyurkovics: The genus Tenthredopsis Costa, 1859 in Hungary (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) (PDF, 2.2 MB) Natura Somogyiensis, 24 pp. 99–124. 2014. Accessed May 31, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Tenthredopsis litterata . www.naturespot.org.uk. Accessed May 31, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c Tenthredopsis litterata in Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ a b Tenthredopsis litterata . www.commanster.eu. Accessed May 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Tenthredopsis litterata (Geoffroy, 1785) (a sawfly) . www.bioinfo.org.uk. Accessed May 31, 2019.

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