Lophyrotoma species
Red Long-tailed Sawfly
PERGIDAE,   SYMPHYTA,   HYMENOPTERA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Tony Bailey, Pimpana, Queensland)

These are not true Caterpillars, but are the larvae of a Sawfly (which is really a wasp, or more accurately a Symphytan). When young, these larvae are gregarious sitting side by side as they eat a host plant leaf. They feed on :

  • Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus species, MYRTACEAE ).

    The species has been found in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Pergidae of the World,
    An online catalogue of the sawfly family Pergidae (Symphyta),
    Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 2009.

    H.J. Elliott and Richard Bashford,
    Notes on the biology and behaviour of eucalypt-defoliating Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Pergidae) in Tasmania,
    Forestry Tasmania, 1995.


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    (written 27 January 2018)