Caliroa cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)

Interactions where Caliroa cerasi is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Cydonia oblonga	Quince	Rosales: Rosaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cydonia oblonga/	Cydonia oblonga	quince			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Mespilus germanica	Medlar	Rosales: Rosaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/	Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry			leaf		Major		(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Prunus avium cv	Ornamental Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium cv/	Prunus avium cv	ornamental cherry			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Prunus dulcis	Almond	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus dulcis/	Prunus dulcis	almond			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Pyrus	pears	Rosales: Rosaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus/	Pyrus	pears			leaf		Major		(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Rosa	roses and briars	Rosales: Rosaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa/	Rosa	roses and briars			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries	Rosales: Rosaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/	Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Sorbus	whitebeams	Rosales: Rosaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/	Sorbus	whitebeams			leaf				(6-9)
larva (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf			Sorbus aucuparia	Rowan, Mountain Ash	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly		epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/	Sorbus aucuparia	rowan, mountain ash			leaf				(6-9)

Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)
Genus	Caliroa (slug sawflies)
Family	TENTHREDINIDAE (a family of sawflies)
Superfamily	TENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
Suborder	SYMPHYTA (sawflies)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Caliroa cerasi is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly)

Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

TENTHREDINOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)

SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Caliroa cerasi (Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly):

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

TENTHREDINOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)

SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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