Pristiphora
Adult mountain ash sawfly, Pristiphora geniculata (Hartig)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Tribe: Nematini
Genus: Pristiphora
Latreille, 1810
Type species
Pteronus testaceus
Jurine, 1807
Diversity
at least 130 species

Pristiphora is a genus of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. Some of its species, such as the larch sawfly Pristiphora erichsonii, eat the leaves of economically valuable trees and shrubs, and can be serious pests.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Goulet, Henri (1992), The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 20: The Genera and Subgenera of Sawflies of Canada and Alaska: Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Ottawa, ON: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, pp. 1–235, ISBN 0-660-14249-X


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