Caliroa cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCaliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)
GenusCaliroa (slug sawflies)
TribeCaliroini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyALLANTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTENTHREDINIDAE (a family of sawflies)
SuperfamilyTENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly) :
1: Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)
7 Jul 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
larva, on upperside of windowed leaf of ornamental almond
Image 1: Almond leaves with larval feeding damage - shade viewImage 2: Almond leaves with larval feeding damage - sunshine viewImage 3: Larva with feeding windowsImage 4: Larva - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 5: Larva - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Larva - lateral view - enlargedImage 7: Larva - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Larva - latero-dorsal view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Zwakhals, C.J., Blommers, L.H.M. & Mol, A.W.M. 2021 Some European Ichneumon wasps (Hymenoptera, Ctenopelmatinae) reared from sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Entomologische Berichten Vol 81 (5): 195-205.

Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)
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