Fenusa pumila

Fenusa pumila
Fenusa pumila leafmines Museum Wiesbaden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Family:	Tenthredinidae
Genus:	Fenusa
Species:	F. pumila
Binomial name
Fenusa pumila Leach, 1817
Synonyms
Tenthredo pumila Klug, 1818 Fenusa pusilla Auctt. (not Lepeletier) Fenusa fuliginosa Healy, 1869 Fenusa minima Brischke, 1883 [1]

Fenusa pumila, the birch leafminer, is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. It is found in Europe and has been introduced into North America. ^[2] In North America it may have two to four generations per year and the average first occurrence of adults is after 65 growing degree-days. ^[3]

References

1. Liston, A. D., Knight, G. T., Sheppard, D. A., Broad, G. R., & Livermore, L. (2014). Checklist of british and irish hymenoptera - sawflies, 'symphyta'. Biodiversity data journal, (2), e1168. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168
2. "Fenusa pumila species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
3. Richardson, Matthew; Caron, Dewey; Suchanic, David (2006). "Degree-Days for Five Ornamental Pests from an 11-Year Field Study". Journal of Entomological Science. 41 (1): 87–89. doi:10.18474/0749-8004-41.1.87.