Tenthredo notha
Species of sawfly
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Tenthredo notha, a common sawfly, is a species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae subfamily Tenthrediniinae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Tenthredo |
| Species: | T. notha |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenthredo notha Klug, 1814 | |
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Distribution
Description
The adults grow up to 8–11 millimetres (0.31–0.43 in) long.[3] These quite large sawflies have a lemon-yellow abdomen with black markings. This species is very similar to Tenthredo arcuata and Tenthredo brevicornis.[4]
Biology
They can be encountered from June through September feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers (especially on Apiaceae species).[3]
The larvae mainly feed on clover (Trifolium repens), they overwinter as eonymph, pupating and emerging the following Spring.[3]