Megalodontes cephalotes - Moon-carrot Sawfly

This species is reported historically from only two locations near Bristol and Plymouth with no specimens found in any collections. Provenance is considered dubious.

Megalodontes cephalotes larvae feed on Apiaceae (umbellifers).

Size: 11 - 12mm

GB IUCN Status: Not Applicable
GB Rarity Status: Not Applicable

Distribution: Not Applicable

Flight period: unknown

Plant associations: Apiaceae including Peucedanum cervaria and Seseli libanotis (Moon-carrot).

References:

Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London

Lacourt J., 2020. Hymenoptera of Europe 2. Sawflies of Europe. NAP Editions.

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

Liston, A., 1995. Compendium of European Sawflies, Chalastos Forestry, Daibersdorf

Musgrove, A.J. 2022. A review of the status of sawflies of Great Britain - Phase 1: families other than Tenthredinidae. Natural England, unpublished