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Xyela bakeri

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Xyela bakeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Xyelidae
Genus: Xyela
Species:
X. bakeri
Binomial name
Xyela bakeri
Konow, 1898
Synonyms
  • Xyela negundinis Cockerell, 1907
  • Xyela salicis Rohwer, 1913
  • Xyela intrabilis MacGillivray, 1923

Xyela bakeri is a species of sawfly in the genus Xyela and is endemic to North America. It can be found from Quebec to Florida, and west to British Columbia and California. It has widespread hosts for its larvae, including Pinus elliottii, P. palustris (slash pine), P. ponderosa (ponderosa pine), P. sabiniana (gray pine), and P. virginiana (Virginia pine).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, David R. (1979). "Xyelidae". Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico – Vol. 1 – Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 8.