The leaf mine of Fenella nigrita in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/25/2014). Confirmed by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. This is a new genus for MBP!
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Status
A European native; the earliest North American record was from Ontario in 1962 (BugGuide, 2015).
Relationships
The only known sawfly leafminer of Potentilla (cinquefoils) (BugGuide).
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The leaf mine of Fenella nigrita in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/25/2014). Confirmed by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. This is a new genus for MBP!
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| Fenella nigrita | |
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| Fenella nigrita leafmine Museum Wiesbaden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Fenella |
| Species: | F. nigrita
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| Binomial name | |
| Fenella nigrita (Westwood, 1840)
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Fenella nigrita is a Palearctic species of sawfly.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London