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

Interactions where Caliroa cerasi is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornsleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Cydonia oblonga Quince Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cydonia oblonga/Cydonia oblongaquinceleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Mespilus germanica Medlar Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/Mespilus germanicamedlarleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Major Prunus plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/Prunusplums, cherries and laurels, planted cherryleafMajor (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Prunus avium cv Ornamental Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium cv/Prunus avium cvornamental cherryleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Prunus dulcis Almond Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus dulcis/Prunus dulcisalmondleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Major Pyrus pears Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus/PyruspearsleafMajor (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Rosa roses and briars Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa/Rosaroses and briarsleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Rubus brambles, blackberries and raspberries Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/Rubusbrambles, blackberries and raspberriesleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Sorbus whitebeams Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/Sorbuswhitebeamsleaf (6-9)
larva (epiphyllous) epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf Sorbus aucuparia Rowan, Mountain Ash Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/Caliroa cerasipear and cherry slug sawflyepiphyllouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/Sorbus aucupariarowan, mountain ashleaf (6-9)

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)
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