Hemichroa australis is a species of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae.[2]
| Hemichroa australis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Hemichroa |
| Species: | H. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemichroa australis (Serville, 1823)
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Description
editHemichroa australis can reach a length of about 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in). Head and thorax are bright red, while the mesopleuron and the abdomen are shiny black.[3]
This sawfly is similar to Hemichroa crocea, which has a bright orange abdomen and legs.
Larvae feed on alder (Alnus species) and birch (Betula species).[4]
Distribution
editThis species can be found in most of Europe.[5]
References
edit- ^ Atlas, NBN. "Hemichroa australis - NBN Atlas - NBN Atlas". data.nbn.org.uk.
- ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz.
- ^ "INSECTES14-51". aramel.free.fr.
- ^ "Hemichroa australis (Serville, 1823) (a sawfly)". www.bioinfo.org.uk.
- ^ "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014.
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