Stromboceros delicatulus

Stromboceros delicatulus
Strombocerus delicatulus, Fenn's Wood, North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Stromboceros
Species:
S. delicatulus
Binomial name
Stromboceros delicatulus
(Fallén, 1808)

Stromboceros delicatulus is a Palearctic species of sawfly[1] belonging to the genus Stromboceros.

Its larvae feed on ferns, e.g., Athyrium filix-femina (common ladyfern), Dryopteris filix-mas (male fern), Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) and Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern).[2]

References

  1. ^ Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London
  2. ^ "Stromboceros delicatulus [interaction search]". www.globalbioticinteractions.org. Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI). Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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