Athalia cordata

This species has all tibia ringed apically with black (or at least infuscated) and black mesopleura, sometimes with a small orange spot.

Athalia cordata larvae feed on bugle, snapdragon and plantains.

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Size: 4-7mm>

Status: Common

Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Flight period: May to September

Plant associations: Ajuga reptans, Antirrhinum spp. and Plantago spp. (bugle, snapdragons and plantains)

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References:

Balmer, D. and Balmer, J.P. 2015. Keys of species of Athalia in France and Italy, Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/d-jp-balmer/7996272718/in/photolist-9Ztf2g-dbAZi1-d8W2FW-9Zdz6n/] Accessed 16Apr2019

Benson, R. B. 1932: Sawfly Notes. - II. Parallel Variation in Athalia lugens Kl. and Athalia cordata Lep. (Hymenoptera Symphyta). - The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology; Tenth Series, London 9: 183-188

Benson, R. B. 1946: A mass-movement of the sawfly Athalia cordata Lep. in North Devonshire (Hym., Tenthredinidae). - The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Fourth Series, London 82(7): 87

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