Diprion pini

TaxID: 52634

Basic Information

Diprion pini

Almindelig fyrrehveps, Pine Sawfly

The common pine sawfly, Diprion pini, is a sawfly species in the family Diprionidae. The adult male is dark brown or black with comb-like antennae; the female is striped black and yellow. The female lays some 100 C150 eggs on pine needles. The caterpillars are yellow-green, gregarious, and feed on pine needles. The next generation of adults can emerge from pupae the same year, or the pupae can go into diapause for a year or more. The species is widespread throughout Europe and Russia. The insect is a serious pest of economic forestry, capable of defoliating large areas of pine forest. The Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, is the main host but other pine species are also attacked. Since the species grazes until late autumn, weakened trees often die in winter. Control involves aerial spraying of insecticides, or biological control with parasitoid wasps. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Diprionidae

Diprion

pini

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Diprion pini
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(c) Rasmus Allesoee@BY-NC
Diprion pini
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(c) Kurt Kristian Lyngholm@BY-NC
Diprion pini
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(c) Kurt Kristian Lyngholm@BY-NC
Diprion pini
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(c) Rasmus Allesoee@BY-NC
Diprion pini
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(c) Rasmus Allesoee@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Iran Absent 2018
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (27 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Belarus Present —
Switzerland Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
Estonia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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