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Locust sawfly

Euura tibialis (Newman, 1837)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The locust sawfly (Euura tibialis) is a species in the family Tenthredinidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the locust sawfly

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 locust sawfly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the locust sawfly as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Belarus
  3. Croatia
  4. Czechia
  5. Germany
  6. Romania

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 locust sawfly 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 locust sawfly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyTenthredinidae
  6. genusNematus
  7. SpeciesEuura tibialis (Newman, 1837)

Synonyms Hypolaepus tibialis, Nematus catachloris, Nematus hortensis, Nematus robiniae, Nematus similaris, Nematus tibialis, Nematus trilineatus, Nematus xanthobaptus, Pteronidea tibialis, Pteronus solitarius

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • False acacia sawflyEnglish
  • RobiniebladhvepsDanish
  • Robinien-BlattwespeGerman
  • 아까시잎벌Korean
  • RobiniabladwespDutch
  • Brzęczak robiniowyPolish
  • Пилильщик акации белойRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the locust sawfly

Other species in the same genus Nematus.

Umber sawfly

Nematus umbratus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the locust sawfly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the locust sawfly as introduced in 6 countries, including Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Czechia and Germany, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the locust sawfly?

The locust sawfly (Euura tibialis) 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). Locust sawfly (Euura tibialis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/locust-sawfly

MLA

“Locust sawfly (Euura tibialis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/locust-sawfly.

BibTeX
@misc{locust_sawfly_2026,
  title = {Locust sawfly (Euura tibialis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/locust-sawfly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}