Twolined larch sawfly
- French common name: Tenthrède bilignée
- Scientific name: Anoplonyx laricivorus (Rohwer et Middleton)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Family: Tenthredinidae
Distribution
- British Columbia
Damage, symptoms and biology
The twolined larch sawfly is a common, occasionally abundant and rarely destructive defoliator. Damaging outbreaks have not been recorded in British Columbia but have been recorded in Idaho and Montana.Mature larva up to 14 mm long. Head, brown with black eyes. Body, green with a faint middorsal pinstripe, slightly broader faint subdorsal stripe and dark and somewhat broad supraspiracular stripe. Seven pairs of abdominal prolegs.
This species overwinters as a prepupal larva in a cocoon buried in the soil. Adults emerge from late May to June and the females lay eggs, usually singly, in needles. Larvae are present from mid-June to July. Mature larvae drop to the ground and spin cocoons from late July to August.
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Diet and feeding behaviour
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Phyllophagous:
Feeds on the leaves of plants.
- Free-living defoliator: Feeds on and moves about freely on foliage.
Information on host(s)
The twolined larch sawfly is restricted to western larch.Main host(s)
Secondary host(s)
Photos
Mature larvae, on western larch.
Dion Manastyrski Centre de foresterie du Pacifique, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique) / Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia