Caliroa quercuscoccineae

Caliroa quercuscoccineae, the scarlet oak sawfly or slug oak sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.[1]

Caliroa quercuscoccineae
larvae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Caliroa
Species:
C. quercuscoccineae
Binomial name
Caliroa quercuscoccineae
(Dyar)

Ecology

Larvae feed on a wide range of oaks including pin, black, red, and white oaks as well as its namesake scarlet oak.[2][3]

Range

This sawfly is a pest of oaks, and has been reported from Massachusetts through North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia.[4]

References
  1. "Scarlet Oak Sawfly (Caliroa quercuscoccineae)". iNaturalist.
  2. Boggs, Joe (June 6, 2019). "Caliroa quercuscoccineae Be Alert for Scarlet Oak Sawfly". Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
  3. Nordin, G. L.; Johnson, E. L. (1983). "Biology of Caliroa Quercuscoccineae (Dyar) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Central Kentucky I. Observations on the Taxonomy of Principal Life Stages". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 56 (3): 305–314.
  4. "Caliroa quercuscoccinae". Bugwoodwiki. University of Georgia. 2 February 2010.
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