Eriocampa

Eriocampa
Eriocampa juglandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Tribe: Eriocampini
Genus:
Hartig, 1837

Eriocampa is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are about ten described species in Eriocampa.[1][2]

Eriocampa ovata, larva
Eriocampa ovata
Woolly Butternut Sawfly (Eriocampa juglandis) larvae
Woolly Butternut Sawfly (Eriocampa juglandis) larvae

Seven fossil species are known (see Eriocampa tulameenensis).

Species

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

  1. ^ a b c d e "Eriocampa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ^ "Eriocampa Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ Kaufman, Kenn (2007). Kaufman Field Guide To Insects Of North America. p. 320.

Further reading

  • Media related to Eriocampa at Wikimedia Commons