Arge ochropus (Gmelin, 1790)
(Wild Rose Fusehorn)

Interactions where Arge ochropus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
egg egg may be found in live, later blackening and dieing stem Rosa roses and briars Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Argidae/Arge ochropus/Arge ochropuswild rose fusehornegg Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa/Rosaroses and briarslive, later blackening and dieingstem
larva larva grazes on live leaf Restricted Rosa roses and briars Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Argidae/Arge ochropus/Arge ochropuswild rose fusehornlarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa/Rosaroses and briarsliveleafSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Arge ochropus (Wild Rose Fusehorn) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Arge ochropus (Wild Rose Fusehorn) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArge ochropus (Wild Rose Fusehorn)
GenusArge (a genus of sawflies)
SubfamilyARGINAE (fusehorn and twinhorn sawflies)
FamilyARGIDAE (a family of sawflies)
SuperfamilyTENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arge ochropus (Wild Rose Fusehorn)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Smith, R.M. & Roy, D.B. 2008 Revealing the foundations of biodiversity British Wildlife Vol 20, No. 1: 17-25.

Arge ochropus (Wild Rose Fusehorn) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Arge ochropus (Wild Rose Fusehorn):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Arge ochropus (Wild Rose Fusehorn)

A yellow and black sawfly with "football sock" tarsi whose larvae feed on Rosa. It is locally common south of the Severn-Wash line.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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