Host plants of Empria sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) in Japan include Rhododendron (Ericaceae) Author Shinohara, Akihiko Author Hara, Hideho Author Prous, Marko text Zootaxa 2015 4007 1 143 148 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.1.13 69e54e27-d439-45eb-b20c-8885db973e81 1175-5326 239815 3BE88442-E552-4E35-B762-08D2AD3F4591 Empria quadrimaculata Takeuchi, 1952 Specimens examined . [Probably Takarazuka, Hyogo pref., Honshu]: 1♀ 1♂ , “Noibara [= Rosa multiflora ], D, 3. IV. 62 , emerged”; 1♀, “Noibara, D, head yellow, lateral maculae, 26. III. 63 , emerged, No. 1, 9 . IV, dead”; 1♂ , “Noibara, Nawashiro [?= Rubus parvifolius ] D, 8-IV. 62 cocooned, 26. III. 63 emerged”; 1♂ , “Yabuhebiichigo [= Potentilla indica ], 29. III. 63 emerged”; 1♀, “Yabuhebiichigo, No. 8, 12 . IV. dead”. All in MNHAH. Host plants . Rosaceae : Rosa multiflora , Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th.Wolf. ,? Rubus parvifolius L. Remarks . On a label of one specimen, Inomata noted “Nawashiro”, whose meaning is not entirely clear. It is probably an abbreviated word for “Nawashiro-Ichigo”, a Japanese name for Rubus parvifolius .