Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA 89 



Biology: Britton, 1925. Conn. (State) Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 265: 340. —Friend, 1931. Jour. 

 Econ. Ent. 24: 171-177. —Friend, 1933. Conn. (State) Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 348: 291-364. 

 —Cheng and LeRoux, 1965. Ent. Soc. Quebec, Ann. 10: 173-188. — Schread, 1971. Conn. 

 (State) Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 693: 5-19. —Cheng and LeRoux, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 

 995-1002 (factors in survival of immature stages). 

 ulmi Sundevall. Que., Ont., Mass., N. Y., Mich.; Europe. Ecology: A leafminer. Introduced. 

 Host: Ulmus. Elm leafminer. 

 Femisa ulmi Sundevall, 1844. Skand. Naturf. Forhandl., p. 249. 

 Feiiusa intennedia Thomson, 1871. Hym. Scand., v. 1, p. 186. ?. 

 Messa alsia MacGilhvray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 22. 9. 



Biology: Felt, 1898. N. Y. State Mus., Bui. 5(23): 237 (an elm leafminer). — Slingerland, 1905. 

 N. Y. (Cornell) Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 233: 49-62. 



Genus FENELLA Westwood 



Fenella Westwood, 1840. Introduct. Modern Class. Ins., v. II, p. 54. 



Type-species: Fenella yiigrita Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Melinia Costa, 1859. Fauna del Regno di Napoli, Imen., pt. 3, p. 41. 



Type-species: Melinia minutissima Costa. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911. 

 Paraphyllotoma Forsius, 1930. Notulae Ent. 10: 103. 



Type-species: Paraphyllotoma judaica Forsius Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1953. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. B: Taxonomy 22: 136-138 (key to 

 European species). 

 nigrita Westwood. Conn., Ont., Mich.; Europe. Ecology: A leafminer. Introduced (?). Host: 

 Potentilla, Agrimonia. Agriynonia was recorded as a host-plant in Europe. 

 Fenella nigrita Westwood, 1840. Introduct. Modern Class. Ins., v. II, p. 54. 



Subfamily BLENNOCAMPINAE 



A diverse subfamily with various hosts. Most of these sawflies are small to medium, stout in- 

 sects. Most larvae are external leaf feeders, and adults fall and feign death when disturbed. 



Revision: Smith, 1969. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1397, 179 pp. (adults and larvae of 

 Nearctic species). 



Tribe LYCAOTINI 



Revision: Smith, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 93-101 (S. Amer.). 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1966. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. B: Taxonomy 35: 75-77 (key to 

 world genera). 



Genus BLENNOGENERIS MacGillivray 



Blennogeneris MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 8. 



Type-species: Blennocampa typicella MacGillivray. Monotypic. 

 Lycaotella Ross, 1932. Canad. Ent. 64: 41. 



Type-species: Selandria (Hoplocampa) spissipes Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 coloradensis (Rohwer). Man., Colo., Idaho, Utah, Wash. 



Lycaota coloradensis Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 384. 



gittinsi Smith. Idaho, Wash. 



Blemtogeneris gittinsi Smith, 1969. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bui. 1397, p. 24. 9. 

 spissipes (Cresson). Ont., Minn., Colo. w. to B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Larva lives in 

 terminal bud gall. Host: Symphoricarpos. 



Selandria (Hoplocampa) spissipes Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 14. 9. 



Selandria [Hoplocampa) lenis Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 14. 6. 



Lycaota bnineri Rohwer, 1908. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 14: 104. 9. N. syn. 



Lycaota spissipes bninneus Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 384. 9. 



Blennocampa typicella MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 8. S. 



Biology: Ross, 1932. Canad. Ent. 64: 42-44. 



