Stromboceros delicatulus
| Stromboceros delicatulus | |
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| Strombocerus delicatulus, Fenn's Wood, North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Stromboceros |
| Species: | S. delicatulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Stromboceros delicatulus (Fallén, 1808)
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Stromboceros delicatulus is a Palearctic species of sawfly[1] belonging to the genus Stromboceros.
Its larvae feed on ferns, e.g., Athyrium filix-femina (common ladyfern), Dryopteris filix-mas (male fern), Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) and Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London
- ^ "Stromboceros delicatulus [interaction search]". www.globalbioticinteractions.org. Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI). Retrieved 29 November 2021.