Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA 33 



Biology: Becker and Benjamin, 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 146-159. 

 pinetum (Norton). Newfoundland to N. C. w. to 111., Iowa, Mo. Ecology: Found especially in 



ornamental plantings of white pine. Host: Piiius strobus, to a much lesser extent Pinus 

 echinata, P. niugho, P. resitiosa, P. rigida. White pine sawfly. 

 Lophyrus pinetum Norton, 1869. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 328. 9. 

 Lophynis pinetorum Dalla Torre, 1894. Cat. Hym., v. 1, p. 297. Emend. 



Biology: Britton, 1925. Conn. (State) Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 265: 337. —Brown, 1938. Ont. Ent. 

 Soc, Ann. Rpt. 1937, p. 14. — Pierson, 1943. Maine Forestry Comm., Ed. 5, p. 55. — Atwood, 

 1943. In Atwood and Peck, Canad. Jour. Res., Sect. D, Zool. Sci. 21: 128. -Reeks and 

 Smith, 1945. Acad. Nat. 2: 10. -Finlayson, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 481-482 (parasites). 

 —Baker, 1972. U. S. Dept. agr.. Misc. Pub. 1175, p. 446. 

 pinusrigidae (Norton). Maine, Mass., N. Y., N. J. Host: Pinus rigida, P. echinata. 

 Lophyrus pinus-rigida Norton, 1868. In Packard, Guide Study Ins., p. 228. 

 Lophyrus Akhursti Norton, 1869. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 234. 9. 

 Lophyrus pini-rigidae Packard, 1881. Ins. Injurious Trees, pp. 399-400. Emend. 



Biology: Schaffner, 1943. Jour. Forestry 41: 587. 

 pratti banksianae Rohwer. N. B., Que. w. to Man., Mich., Wis., Minn. Host: Pinus banksiana; 

 also on Pinus resinosa and P. sylvestris if grown with preferred host. Jack pine sawfly. 

 Neodiprion (Neodiprion) banksianae Rohwer, 1925. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 27: 115. 9, 6. 

 Neodiprion (Neodiprion) ontarioensis Middleton, 1933. Canad. Ent. 65: 83. 9. 



Biology: Atwood, 1943. In Atwood and Peck, Canad. Jour. Res., Sect. D, Zool. Sci. 21: 130. 

 —Green, 1954. Canad. Ent. 86: 261-274 (humidity reactions and water balance of larva). 

 —Ghent, 1955. Canad. Ent. 87: 229-238 (oviposition). — Shenefelt and Benjamin, 1955. Wis. 

 Agr. Col., Ext. Cir. 500: 30-31. —Green and de Freitas, 1955. Canad. Ent. 87: 427 (frass 

 drop studies). —Ghent, 1957. Canad. Jour. Zool. 36: 175-183 (feeding orientation). — Ewan, 

 1957. U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Pest Leaflet 17, 4 pp. —Ghent, 1960. Behaviour 16: 110-148 

 (group feeding behavior of larvae). —Griffiths, 19(50. Canad. Ent. 92: 653-658 (parasites). 

 —Finlayson, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 482-483 (parasites). — Moens and Atwood, 1963. Canad. 

 Ent. 95: 779-782 (inheritance of larva color pattern). — McLeod, 1968. Canad. Bi-Monthly 

 Res. Notes 24: 5-6 (in Que.). — Tostowaryk, 1971. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 64: 1424-1427 

 (relationship between parasitism and predation). —Baker, 1972. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. 

 Pub. 1175, pp. 442-443. 



Morphology: Ghent, 1956. Canad. Ent. 88: 17-23 (linear increment in width of head capsule). 

 pratti paradoxicus Ross. N. S., N. B., Maine s. to Md. Host: Pinus banksiana, P. rigida, P. 

 sylvestris, P. echinata. 

 Neodiprion pratti paradoxicus Ross, 1955. Forest Sci. 1: 199. 9, 6. 



Biology: Forbes, Underwood, Cuming, and Eidt, 1961. Canad. Dept. Forestry, Forest Ent. 

 and Path. Branch, Ann. Rpt. 1961, p. 27. —Baker, 1972. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc Pub. 1175, 

 p. 443. 

 pratti pratti (Dyar). N. J. to N. C. w. to Ohio, Ind., 111., Ky. Host: Pinus virginiana, P. 

 echinata are preferred hosts, but also on Pinus rigida, P. taeda, P. palustris, P. 

 resiyiosa, and Picea abies. 

 Lophyrus pratti Dyar, 1899. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 4: 262. 9. 

 Neodiprion {Neodiprion) dyari Rohwer, 1918. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 20: 85. 9, S. 



Biology: Hetrick, 1956. Forest Sci. 2: 183. — Mclntyre and Dutky, 1961. Jour. Econ. Ent. 54: 

 809-810 (virus for control). — Bobb, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 618-621. —Morris, 

 Schroeder, and Bobb, 1963. Pine sawfly in Va., Va. Div. Forestry, 42 pp. — Schaefer, 1964. 

 U. S. Forest Service, Res. Paper WO-2, 8 pp. —Bobb, 1965. Jour. Econ. Ent. 58: 925-926 

 (parasites, predators). —Baker, 1972. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 1175, pp. 441-442. 



Morphology: Schaefer, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97: 941-945 (fatty acids). —Schaefer, Kaplanis, and 

 Robbins, 1965. Jour. Ins. Physiol. 11: 1013-1021 (relations of sterols to two host plants). 

 rugifrons Middleton. Ont, Wis. Host: Pinus banksiana. 



Neodiprion {Neodiprion) rugifrons Middleton, 1933. Canad. Ent. 65: 79. 9. 



Taxonomy: Becker, Wilkinson, and Benjamin, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 59: 173-178. 



