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Tenthredo notha
Species of sawfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tenthredo notha, a common sawfly, is a species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae subfamily Tenthrediniinae.[1]
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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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