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sawfly

DEFINITIONS OF: sawfly

1

n insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant

Types:
Fenusa pusilla, birch leaf miner
small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation
Type of:
hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect
insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
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