Genus Scobina

Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• • Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

  • Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

  • Insects (Class Insecta)

  • Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

  • Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)

  • Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps (Suborder Symphyta)

  • Typical Sawflies (Superfamily Tenthredinoidea)

  • Argid Sawflies (Family Argidae)

Unlike other hymenopterans, sawflies have larvae that resemble the caterpillars of moths and butterflies, but the larvae typically have more than 5 pairs of prolegs. Sawflies are so named due to the saw like ovipositor that the females use to cut open plant tissue where she will lay her eggs.