Caliroa annulipes
| Caliroa annulipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Caliroa |
| Species: | C. annulipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Caliroa annulipes | |
Caliroa annulipes is a species of insect. Its common name is the oak slug sawfly.[1]
Description
[edit]All Caliroa larvae are coated with a translucent mucus membrane, which is seen as slug-like.[2] The larva body color depends largely on the color of the content of their guts.[2]
They have a bivoltine flight period, May and August.[2]
Adults are small, 4-6 mm long, black-bodied, with white markings on the legs.[2] They are short lived.[2]
Range
[edit]They are recorded in Britain and Ireland.[2]
Habitat
[edit]They are found in habitat where its host trees and shrubs grow, including gardens, parks, and woodlands.
Ecology
[edit]Caliroa annulipes is associated with oak, birch, willow, lime, beech, and bilberry species.[2] Larvae feed by grazing the underside (epidermis) of leaves, skeletonizing them, for up to about 3 weeks.[2]
Caliroa annulipes is classified as a species of least concern in Great Britain.[2]
Etymology
[edit]"Annulipes" derives from Latin annulus ("ring") + pes ("foot"), i.e. "ringed-footed," referring to the pale ring-like markings on the legs.[2]
Taxonomy
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