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European Wheat Stem Sawfly
Cephus pygmeus Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Cephidae)

 

Overview Images:
Dorsal View
Lateral View
Ventral View

 

Diagnostics:

 

Useful Web Links:
Taxonomy
American Distribution
BioSecurity Plan - Western Australia
Distribution and
Host plants:

  • Sweden, Denmark, Europe, Asia, China, North America.
  • Larvae feed on Agropyron, Avena, Bromus, Hordeum, Phleum, Secale, Triticum.
References:
  • Benson, M.AS. 1946. Classification of the Cephidae (Hymenoptera Symphyta). Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 96: 89-108.
  • Holmes, N.D. 1982. Population dynamics of the Wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus (Hymenoptera: Cephidae). Canadian Entomologist 114: 775-778.
Acknowledgments: Dr Steven Simpson, Oxford Natrural History Museum

 

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Specimens available at Museum Victoria, Melbourne Australia
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