Fenusa pumila
Males are rare. Antennae no longer than the thorax with the third segment twice as long as broad, but with the fourth and fifth segments each less than twice as long as broad.
Fenusa pumila larvae mine the leaves of birch trees with a preference for downy birch.
Size: 2.5 - 3.5mm
Status: Common
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Flight period: Bivoltine, May to June and July to August.
Plant associations: Betula spp. esp. Betula pubescens (birch esp. downy birch)
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- Fenusa pumila larva Credit Andy and Melissa Banthorpe
References:
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