Nematus

Genus of sawflies

Nematus
Adult willow sawfly, Nematus oligospilus
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Nematus abbotii
  • Larvae
  • Nematus leucotrochus, pale-spotted gooseberry sawfly
    Nematus leucotrochus, pale-spotted gooseberry sawfly
  • Nematus ribesii, common gooseberry sawfly
    Nematus ribesii, common gooseberry sawfly
  • Nematus spiraeae
    Nematus spiraeae
  • Nematus septentrionalis
    Nematus septentrionalis
  • Adult

See also

References

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  1. ^ 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
Taxon identifiers
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