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VC55 Species Number: 135 Last updated: 3rd Feb 2018 Species Common Records Last Seen Arge berberidis Berberis Sawfly 16 2017 Arge cyanocrocea Bramble Sawfly 30 2017 Arge melanochra none 2 2016 Arge ochropus Rose Sawfly 15 2017 Arge pagana Large Rose Sawfly 19 2017 Arge ustulata none 8 2017 Calameuta filiformis Reed Stem Borer 3 2015 Cephus nigrinus none 1 2017 Cephus pygmeus Wheat Stem Borer 6 2017 Cephus spinipes none 2 2017 Hartigia xanthostoma none 1 2014 Abia sericea Scabious/Club-horned Sawfly 6 2017 Cimbex connatus Large Alder Sawfly 4 2017 Cimbex femoratus Birch Sawfly 8 2017 Trichiosoma lucorum 1 1990 Trichiosoma tibiale Hawthorn Sawfly 2 1999 Zaraea fasciata 2 2017 Diprion similis Imported Pine Sawfly 2 2014 Diprion pini 1 2017 Pamphilius betulae 2 2017 Sirex noctilio 1 1980 Urocerus gigas Giant Woodwasp 25 2017 Allantus cinctus Curled Rose Sawfly 6 2014 Allantus cingulatus 2 2014 Allantus calceatus 1 2015 Ametastegia carpini Geranium Sawfly 3 2017 Ametastegia glabrata 1 2014 Apethymus filiformis 1 2014 Athalia bicolor 1 2014 Athalia circularis 5 2017 Athalia cordata 11 2017 Athalia liberta 2 2016 Athalia rosae Turnip Sawfly 31 2017 Athalia scutellariae Skullcap Sawfly 7 2017 Blennocampa pusilla 3 1996 Blennocampa phyllocolpa 7 2017 Caliroa annulipes Oak Slug Sawfly 2 2014 Caliroa cerasi Pear Slug Sawfly 4 2015 Eutomostethus ephippium 8 2017 Eutomostethus luteiventris 1 2014 Halidamia affinis 2 2013 Monophadnus pallescens 1 2011 Periclista albida 1 2010 Periclista lineolata Oak Sawfly 4 2016 Phymatocera aterrima Solomon's Seal Sawfly 23 2017 Profenusa pygmaea 1 2012 Rhadinoceraea micans 7 2017 Stethomostus fuliginosus 1 2014 Heterarthrus nemoratus 1 2010 Heterarthrus aceris 1 2016 Heterarthrus ochropoda 1 2017 Heterarthrus wuestneii 1 2017 Metallus lanceolatus 1 2016 Endelomyia aethiops 1 2015 Fenusa dohrnii 2 2017 Fenusa ulmi 1 2016 Cladius brullei 2 2017 Cladius grandis Poplar Sawfly 1 2009 Cladius ulmi 3 2013 Cladius pectinicornis 1 2017 Craesus septentrionalis 6 2015 Craesus latipes 1 2016 Hemichroa crocea 1 2013 Hemichroa australis 2 2017 Hoplocampa chrysorrhoea 1 2014 Hoplocampa flava Plum Sawfly 1 2012 Hoplocampa pectoralis 3 2014 Hoplocampa alpina 1 2016 Mesoneura opaca 1 2011 Nematus fahraei 2 2014 Nematus lucidus 4 2017 Nematus myosotidis 1 2013 Nematus pavidus 1 2008 Nematus ribesii Gooseberry Sawfly 5 2017 Pontania bridgmanii Willow Bean Sawfly 12 2017 Pontania gallarum 1 2009 Pontania pedunculi Willow Gall Sawfly 14 2017 Pontania proxima Willow Redgall Sawfly 49 2017 Pontania viminalis Pea Gall Sawfly 2 2011 Pontania triandrae 1 2017 Pristiphora armata 1 2013 Pristiphora monogyniae 3 #N/A Pristiphora testacea 1 2012 Euura atra agg. 1 2017 Aneugmenus padi 1 2008 Dolerus aeneus 2 2014 Dolerus ferrugatus 5 2017 Dolerus fumosus 2 2014 Dolerus gonager 2 2017 Dolerus nigratus 2 2013 Dolerus nitens 1 1987 Dolerus picipes 4 2017 Dolerus possilensis 1 2010 Dolerus triplicatus 4 2014 Dolerus varispinus 2 2014 Dolerus haematodes 1 2015 Dolerus madidus 1 2016 Dolerus niger 5 2016 Dolerus stygius 2 2015 Selandria serva 17 2017 Strongylogaster multifasciata 3 2015 Aglaostigma aucupariae 25 2017 Aglaostigma fulvipes 15 2017 Eriocampa ovata Alder Sawfly 5 2017 Macrophya albicincta 1 1987 Macrophya albipuncta 1 2014 Macrophya alboannulata 2 2017 Macrophya annulata 6 2017 Macrophya duodecimpunctata 5 2015 Macrophya ribis 1 2009 Pachyprotasis rapae 9 2016 Pachyprotasis variegata 1 2016 Rhogogaster chambersi 1 1987 Rhogogaster chlorosoma 3 2014 Rhogogaster punctulata 2 2008 Rhogogaster scalaris 1 2012 Rhogogaster viridis 21 2017 Scolioneura betuleti 1 2017 Sciapteryx consobrina 1 2011 Tenthredo arcuata 5 2015 Tenthredo atra 5 2016 Tenthredo balteata 1 1987 Tenthredo colon 2 2013 Tenthredo ferruginea 2 2014 Tenthredo livida 10 2017 Tenthredo mesomela 44 2017 Tenthredo mesomelas 1 1987 Tenthredo notha 4 2014 Tenthredo olivacea 1 2010 Tenthredo scrophulariae Figwort Sawfly 27 2017 Tenthredo temula 11 2017 Tenthredopsis litterata 6 2016 Tenthredopsis nassata 7 2016 Tenthredo brevicornis 2 2016 Tenthredopsis coquebertii 1 2016.
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