Tenthredo notha

Tenthredo notha
	Tenthredo notha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Tenthredinidae
Genus:	Tenthredo
Species:	T. notha
Binomial name
	Tenthredo notha; Klug, 1814
Synonyms
	Allantus perkinsi Morice, 1919; Tenthredo schaefferi f. perkinsi (Morice, 1919);

Tenthredo notha, a common sawfly, is a species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae subfamily Tenthrediniinae.[1]

Distribution

This species is mainly present in British Isles, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Greece.[2]

Description

The adults grow up to 8–11 millimetres (0.31–0.43 in) long.[3] These quite large sawflies have a lemon-yellow abdomen with black markings. This species is very similar to Tenthredo arcuata and Tenthredo brevicornis.[4]

Biology

They can be encountered from June through September feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers (especially on Apiaceae species).[3]

The larvae mainly feed on clover (Trifolium repens), they overwinter as eonymph, pupating and emerging the following Spring.[3]

References

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[1] Biolib

[2] Fauna europaea

[AA-3] J.K. Lindsey Commanster

[4] Nature Spot