Birch Wood Wasp

Xiphydria mellipes

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Birch Wood Wasp
Scientific Name: 
Xiphydria mellipes
Taxonomy
Group: 
Hymenoptera (Sawfly)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Hymenoptera
Family: 
Xiphydriidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

2 occurrences from NT present in the CNC collection. Host records for X. mellipes are apparently restricted to Betula (Smith1976). Typical methods like malaise traps, sweeping and yellow pan traps are not effective at capturing specimens and larger trees and shrubs are difficult to collect from. An imperiled or extirpated status would not be indicative of reality but of insufficient sampling methods.
Score: 
U
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Rank drafted by Henri Goulet and Joseph Quisto (National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, under ECCC contract) in 2017, reviewed by Scarriere Aug 2019
Last Updated: 
September 6, 2019

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