Species

Nefusa ambigua (Violet leafmining sawfly)

Nefusa ambigua. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Tenthredinidae is the largest family of sawflies, with well over 7,500 species worldwide, divided into 430 genera. Larvae are typically herbivores and feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs, with occasional exceptions that are leaf miners, stem borers, or gall makers. The larvae of externally feeding species resemble small caterpillars. As with all hymenopterans, common sawflies undergo complete metamorphosis.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Symphyta (Sawflies, horntails, and wood wasps)
        Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea (Typical sawflies)
        Family: Tenthredinidae (Common sawflies)
        Subfamily: Heterarthrinae
        Tribe: Fenusini
        Genus: Nefusa
        Species: Nefusa ambigua (Violet leafmining sawfly)

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