Schizocerella pilicornis (Holmgren) is a animal in the Argidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Schizocerella pilicornis (Holmgren)

Schizocerella pilicornis (Holmgren)

Schizocerella pilicornis is an argid sawfly whose larvae are leaf miners on Common Purslane.

Family
Genus
Schizocerella
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Schizocerella pilicornis (Holmgren)

Schizocerella pilicornis (Holmgren) is a species of sawfly that belongs to the family Argidae. It is commonly known by two common names: the purslane sawfly and the portulaca sawfly. The larval stage of this sawfly is a leaf miner that feeds on Common Purslane.

Photo: (c) Russell Pfau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Russell Pfau · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Argidae Schizocerella

More from Argidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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