Nematus
Genus of sawflies
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Adult willow sawfly, Nematus oligospilus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Family: | Tenthredinidae |
Subfamily: | Nematinae |
Genus: | Nematus Panzer, 1801 |
Nematus is a genus of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. Some of its species, including Nematus leucotrochus, Nematus olfaciens and Nematus ribesii, eat the leaves of fruit bushes and trees, and can be serious pests.[1]
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- Larvae
- Nematus leucotrochus, pale-spotted gooseberry sawfly
- Nematus ribesii, common gooseberry sawfly
- Nematus spiraeae
- Nematus septentrionalis
- Adult
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References
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- ^ Alford, David V. (2014), Pests of Fruit Crops: a Colour Handbook (2nd ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 394–397, ISBN 978-1-4822-5420-4
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