Xyela minor
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Xyelidae |
| Genus: | Xyela |
| Species: | X. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Xyela minor Norton, 1869
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Xyela minor is a species of sawfly in the genus Xyela that is endemic to North America. It can be found from Quebec to Florida, and west to British Columbia and California. The larvae have widespread hosts, including: Pinus coulteri (Coulter pine), P. elliottii (slash pine), P. muricata (bishop pine), P. palustris (longleaf pine), P. ponderosa (ponderosa pine), P. sabiniana (gray pine), P. taeda (loblolly pine), and P. virginiana (Virginia pine).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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