1. DISTRIBUTION

Abia lonicerae ^[1] is a rare sawfly that seems to occur throughout the Netherlands ^[2].

2. BEHAVIOUR

2.1. ACTIVITY

The species seems active between April and Juli ^[2].

2.2. DEVELOPMENT

A. lonicerae larvae feed on ^[3].

• Honeysuckle (Lonicerae)
• Viburnum
• Snowberry (Symphoricarpos)

In the garden grows a Honeysuckle plant.

3. IDENTIFICATION

A. lonicerae is difficult to differentiate from A. aenea, the difference being the enlarge underside of the 3^rd and 4^th antennal segments, see:
1. D & JP Balmer: A. lonicerae
2. D & JP Balmer: A. lonicerae

The segments are more swollen in females than in males, see:
1. Steven Falk: Abia lonicerae

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References

¹ Nederlands Soortenregister

² Waarneming.nl

³ Liston, Andrew & Savina, Henri & Nagy, Zoltán & Sonet, Gontran & Boevé, Jean-Luc. (2014). Taxonomy, phylogeny and host plants of some Abia sawflies (Hymenoptera, Cimbicidae). Zootaxa. 3821. 125-132. 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.9.