Family Pamphiliidae (Conifer sawflies)

Domain: EucaryaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: Hymenoptera Phenology

Pamphiliidae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Species Common Name Photo Where? Phenology
Acantholyda maculiventrisConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Cephalcia distinctaConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Cephalcia marginataConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Onycholyda amplectaConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Onycholyda excavataConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Onycholyda luteicornisConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Onycholyda nigritibialisConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Onycholyda rufofasciataConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Pamphilius persicumConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology
Pamphilius phyllisaeConifer sawfly(NA) HerePhenology

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Note: Taxa on this list are only those contained in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.

In Case You Didn't Know ...
Larvae of genera Acantholyda and Cephalcia live and feed communally in webs of their own making on conifers; those of Pamphilius and Onycholyda live solitarily in leaf rolls.

Taxon References for Pamphiliidae

Sawflies and Woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, D. R. Smith, PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 110(2), 2008, pp. 379-390.


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