Taxonomic Notes and New Distribution and Host Plant Records for Sawflies and Woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Japan VIII
Author
Kumar, Deepthi S
Author
Sankar, Manimuthu M
text
Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology
2023
2023-05-22
49
2
57
74
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_546_23
journal article
10.50826/bnmnszool.49.2_57
2434-091X
Profenusa thomsoni
(Konow, 1886)
Japanese name: Tomuson-hamuguri-habachi
Material examined
.
HOKKAIDO
: 1 $, Iwamizawa, Kurisawa, Mt. Sankaku-yama,
43°05′N
141°58′E
,
1. VII. 2022
, oviposited in
Betula ermanii
in captivity, H. Hara; 1$ (HH220801B), same data but coll. larva mining leaf of
Betula ermanii
,
1. VII. 2022
, mat. 6. VIII., em.
29. VIII. 2022
.
Host plants
.
Betulaceae
:
Betula ermanii
Cham.
(new record),
Betula platyphylla
Sukaczev
var.
japonica
(Miq.) H.Hara
(
Shinohara and Hara, 2015
) in
Japan
. For the host plants outside
Japan
, see
Taeger
et al.
(1998)
.
Remarks
. This sawfly is associated with various species of
Betula
.