Anoplonyx destructor
Similar to Pristiphora laricis but the anal cell of the fore wing in Anoplonyx destructor has a basal loop (absent in P. laricis). Black with more or less brown mouthparts and labrum. White on the hind margin of the pronotum, tegulae, trochanters, apices of femora, tibiae and tarsi.
Larvae feed on larches, sometimes in large numbers.
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Size: 5 - 6.5mm
Status: Locally abundant
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Flight period: May to June
Plant associations: Larix decidua and Larix leptolepis (European larch and Japenese larch)
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- Anoplonyx destructor late instar larva Credit Per Terje Smiseth
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- Anoplonyx destructor late instar larva Credit Per Terje Smiseth
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- Anoplonyx destructor late instar larva Credit Per Terje Smiseth
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References:
Benson, R. B. 1952: A new Anoplonyx destructive to larch in Britain (Hymenoptera; Tenthredinidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research, London 43: 543- 547
Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London
Liston A, Knight G, Sheppard D, Broad G, Livermore L (2014) Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ‘Symphyta’. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1168. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168