Pristiphora testacea
The larva of the sawfly Pristiphora testacea has a quite distinctive yellow and green body and a shiny black head.
Adult, 
Larva and leafmine (when the host plant is identified)
Wherever Birch is present.
Larva can be seen in late summer and autumn feeding on Birch.
Occasional scattered records from around Britain.
It seems to be rare in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
01 September 2012
larva
David Nicholls
Brascote, silt lagoons
28 August 2023
David Nicholls
Brascote, silt lagoons
28 August 2023
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
01 September 2012
larvae on Birch
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
01 September 2012
larvae on Birch
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
01 September 2012
larva
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Sawflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 01/09/2012 (Cooper, Barbara)
- Last record:
- 28/08/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
24 June 2020
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
24 June 2020
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
24 June 2020
