Xyela lunata
| Xyela lunata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Xyelidae |
| Genus: | Xyela |
| Species: | X. lunata |
| Binomial name | |
| Xyela lunata Burdick, 1961 | |
Xyela lunata is a species of sawfly in the genus Xyela that is endemic to California. The host for the larvae is Pinus coulteri (Coulter pine) and P. sabiniana (gray pine).[1]
References
- ^ Smith, David R. (1979). "Xyelidae". Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico – Vol. 1 – Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 8.