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Pergidae of the World

An online catalogue of sawflies of the family Pergidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera)

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    • Family Pergidae
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Larvae of pergid sawflies

Larva of Clarissa sp. Photo: Jan Grigg.
Young larva of Pergagrapta polita on paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia). Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Acanthoperga cameronii on eucalypt. Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Lophyrotoma zonalis larvae feeding on paperbark (Melaleuca). Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon.
Lophyrotoma zonalis larvae feeding on paperbark (Melaleuca). Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon.
Larve of Lophyrotoma interrupta feeding on eucalypt leaf. Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon.
Larvae of Pteryperga galla feeding on Elaeocarpus. Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon
Larvae of Acanthoperga marlatti feeding on Acmena smithii. Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Larva of Lophyrotoma  interrupta feeding on eucalypt leave. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Cluster of Perga dorsalis larvae resting on eucalypt branch. Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Larva of Philomastix macleaii feeding on Rubus. Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Larva of Styracotechys dicelysma feeding on Austroteenisia blackii. Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Larva of Pterygophorus sp. feeding on Syzygium. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Larvae of Lophyrotoma zonalis on feeding on paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia). Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Larva of Pteryperga hyaloptera. The host plant is still uncertain. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Larva of Tequus schrottkyi feeding on potato. Photo: Paula Altesor.
Larva of the dock sawfly, Lophyrotoma analis feeding on Rumex. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Larvae of unkown species of Perginae. Photo: Greg Daniels.
Philomastix xanthophylax feeding on Alphitonia excelsa. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Larva of Polyclonus atratus Kirby feeding on decaying eucalypt leaves. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Larvae of unkown species of Perginae. Photo: Alice Wells.
Egg of Styracotechys dicelysma placed by the female in the midrib of a leaf Austrosteenisia blackii. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Larva of Lagideus podocarpus feeding on Fuchsia vulcanica. Photo: Jean-Luc Boevé.
Pterygophorus sp. Photo: Steve Marshall
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