Redheaded pine sawfly

Redheaded pine sawfly
Neodiprion sertifer larvae on a pine in Dordogne France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Symphyta
Superfamily:
Tenthredinoidea
Family:
Diprionidae
Genus:
Neodiprion
Species:
N. sertifer
Binomial name
Neodiprion sertifer
(Geoffroy) 1785
Subspecies

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The redheaded pine sawfly, European pine sawfly or Neodiprion sertifer, is a sawfly species in the genus Neodiprion. Native to Europe, it was accidentally introduced to North America in 1925, where it has established itself as a commercial pest.[1]

The larvae of Exhyalanthrax afer feed on N. sertifer cocoons.

  1. ^ Wilson, Louis. "European Pine Sawfly" (PDF). US Department of Agriculture. US Government Printing Office. Retrieved 12 March 2013.