Cephus cinctus, also known as wheat stem sawfly, [1] is a slow flying, yellow and black coloured, destructive pest found mainly in western North America. [2][3] Wheat stem sawflies grow to a …

May 25, 2024 · Larva overwinters within a wheat stub, under the ground. In the spring it pupates and emerges as an adult in June. The female lays a single egg and the larva feeds inside the …

Nov 1, 2013 · WSS larva revealed in split stem. The wheat stem sawfly is not a fly, but rather a herbivorous wasp. Infested plants will have reduced yield and test weight and produce …

Cephus cinctus, also known as wheat stem sawfly, is a slow flying, yellow and black colored, destructive pest found mainly in western North America. The adult fly grows to a length of 7 to …

Aug 14, 2020 · Norton (1872) described the wheat stem sawfly Cephus cinctus from an adult specimen collected from native grass in Colorado. In the USA, C. cinctus occurs west of the …

Cephus cinctus is widely distributed across North America, from California to the Mississippi River and British Columbia to Manitoba. Many authorities consider it a native North American insect …

The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), is a key pest of wheat in the northern Great Plains of North America, and damage resulting from this species has …

Here, we present a condensed version of that key, covering only the West Palaearctic genera, with which it should be possible to identify most specimens more easily. Included are …

C. cinctus is the most important consistent pest of wheat in the northern Great Plains of North America. Damage originally occurred in spring wheat, but, since 1980, winter wheat has also …

Cephus cinctus. Common Name. wheat stem sawfly. Kingdom. Animalia. Location in Taxonomic Tree . Genus. Cephus. Species. Cephus cinctus. Identification Numbers. TSN: 152857. …