American sawfly

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• sawfly — /saw fluy /, n., pl. sawflies. any of numerous hymenopterous insects of the family Tenthredinidae, the female of which has a sawlike ovipositor for inserting the eggs in the tissues of a host plant. [1765 75; SAW1 + FLY2] * * * Any of numerous,… …   Universalium

• Sawfly — Symphyta redirects here. For the moth genus, see Symphyta (genus).Taxobox name = Sawflies fossil range=Triassic Recent image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subordo = Symphyta subdivision… …   Wikipedia

• willow sawfly — noun : any of numerous sawflies that infest the willow: as a. : a large American sawfly (Cimbex americana) whose larva is pale greenish with a black dorsal stripe b. : a steel blue sawfly (Dolerus arvensis) or a related smaller brownish fly (D.… …   Useful english dictionary

• wheat stem sawfly — noun 1. : a No. American sawfly (Cephus cinctus) having larvae that bore in the stems of wheat and other small grains causing great loss of crop 2. : european wheat stem sawfly …   Useful english dictionary

• cherry fruit sawfly — noun : an American sawfly (Hoplocampa cookei) whose larva feeds on the cherry and plum …   Useful english dictionary

• elm sawfly — noun : a large American sawfly (Cimbex americana) that has knobbed antennae, orange tinged tarsi, black head and thorax with somewhat lighter, spotted abdomen, and smoke brown wings, and produces yellowish or greenish white larvae with a dorsal… …   Useful english dictionary

• jack-pine sawfly — noun : an American sawfly (Neodiprion pratti banksianae or N. banksianae) having a larva that is a serious defoliator of pine (as jack pine) …   Useful english dictionary

• yellow-headed spruce sawfly — noun : a No. American sawfly (Pikonema alaskensis) that often defoliates spruce in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States …   Useful english dictionary

• grass sawfly — Wheat sawfly Wheat sawfly (a) A small European sawfly ({Cephus pygm[ae]us}) whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks. (b) Any of several small American sawflies of the genus {Dolerus}, as {Dolerus sericeus} and {Dolerus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wheat sawfly — (a) A small European sawfly ({Cephus pygm[ae]us}) whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks. (b) Any of several small American sawflies of the genus {Dolerus}, as {Dolerus sericeus} and {Dolerus arvensis}, whose larv[ae]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Strawberry sawfly — Strawberry Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English