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Pristiphora moesta (Zaddach) (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pristiphora moesta may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)
TENTHREDINOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)
Pristiphora
(a genus of sawflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Pristiphora moesta is associated with:

larva Malus domestica - Apple (Rosaceae) gregarious larva grazes on leaf Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958

There may be more taxa associated with Pristiphora moesta listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

Associated with Pristiphora moesta:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Bessa selecta - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Myxexoristops blondeli - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993

Pristiphora moesta may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)

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