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Larch destroyer

Anoplonyx destructor Benson, 1952

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The larch destroyer (Anoplonyx destructor) is a species in the family Tenthredinidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the larch destroyer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the larch destroyer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the larch destroyer as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Estonia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the larch destroyer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the larch destroyer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyTenthredinidae
  6. genusAnoplonyx
  7. SpeciesAnoplonyx destructor Benson, 1952

Synonyms Anoplonyx duplex

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • lännenverkkavarpiainenFinnish
  • ヒメカラマツハバチJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the larch destroyer

Other species in the same genus Anoplonyx.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the larch destroyer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the larch destroyer as introduced in 1 country: Estonia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the larch destroyer?

The larch destroyer (Anoplonyx destructor) belongs to the family Tenthredinidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Larch destroyer (Anoplonyx destructor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/larch-destroyer

MLA

“Larch destroyer (Anoplonyx destructor).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/larch-destroyer.

BibTeX
@misc{larch_destroyer_2026,
  title = {Larch destroyer (Anoplonyx destructor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/larch-destroyer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}