| Tenthredo livida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Tenthredo |
| Species: | T. livida |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenthredo livida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Tenthredo livida is a sawfly species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies), subfamily Tenthredininae. [1]
This species is present in most of Europe. [2] These sawflies mainly inhabit woodland rides, hedge rows and spruce forest edge. [3]
The adults of Tenthredo livida are to 12–15 millimetres (0.47–0.59 in) long. [3] The thorax and head are black, with a large white mouth area and white tips on antennae. Forewings have a white and brown stigma. This species is rather variable in colour. The abdomen is usually black in females, orange-reddish in males. [4]
Adults can be encountered from May through August feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers, especially of Apiaceae species ( Anthriscus sylvestris , Heracleum sphondylium ). [3]
The larvae are polyphagous and are nocturnal grazers, [4] feeding on leaves of a variety of plants (mainly Rosaceae, Betulaceae and Salicaceae species, but also on bracken species). [3] [5]
