Caliroa quercuscoccineae, the scarlet oak sawfly or slug oak sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Caliroa |
| Species: | C. quercuscoccineae
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| Binomial name | |
| Caliroa quercuscoccineae (Dyar)
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Ecology
editLarvae feed on a wide range of oaks, including pin, black, red, and white oaks, as well as its namesake scarlet oak.[2][3]
Range
editThis sawfly is a pest of oaks, and has been reported from Massachusetts through North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia.[4]
References
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- ^ "Scarlet Oak Sawfly (Caliroa quercuscoccineae)". iNaturalist.
- ^ Boggs, Joe (June 6, 2019). "Caliroa quercuscoccineae Be Alert for Scarlet Oak Sawfly". Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
- ^ Nordin, G. L.; Johnson, E. L. (1983). "Biology of Caliroa Quercuscoccineae (Dyar) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Central Kentucky I. Observations on the Taxonomy of Principal Life Stages". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 56 (3): 305–314.
- ^ "Caliroa quercuscoccinae". Bugwoodwiki. University of Georgia. 2 February 2010.
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