Tenthredo scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758

figwort sawfly

on Scrophularia, etc.

Tenthredo scrophulariae: larva on Scrophularia spec.

Scrophularia spec., Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Balen, Griesbroek, 2.viii.2016 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

Tenthredo scrophulariae: larva on Scrophularia spec.

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Tenthredo scrophulariae: larva ion Scrophularia nodosa

Scrophularia nodosa, Belgium, prov. Liège, Huy, Mares de Ben-Ahin, 10.ix.2015 © Philippe Vanmeerbeeck

Tenthredo scrophulariae: larva ion Scrophularia nodosa

larva, dorsal

parasite

Larvae free on the leaves.

host plants

Scrophulariaceae, oligophagous

Buddleja alternifolia, davidii; Scrophularia auriculata, nodosa, umbrosa; Verbascum nigrum.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

references

Beneš & Holuša (2015a), Hoop(1983a), Liston (2011a), Macek (2012c), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a), Savina & Chevin (2012a), Taeger, Altenhofer, Blank, ao (1998a).