Abia fasciata (Linné, 1758)

Kumar, Deepthi S & Sankar, Manimuthu M, 2023, Taxonomic Notes and New Distribution and Host Plant Records for Sawflies and Woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Japan VIII, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 49 (2), pp. 57-74 : 58

Abia fasciata (Linné, 1758)

Japanese name: Obi-konbo-habachi

Material examined. HOKKAIDO: 1 ♀, Shikaoi, Yamada-onsen, on Lonicera alpigena subsp. glehnii , 2. VII. 2007, laid 27 eggs singly in Lonicera alpigena subsp. glehnii , 2–4. VII. 2007, H. Hara.

Host plants. Caprifoliaceae : Lonicera alpigena L. subsp. glehnii (F.Schmidt) H.Hara (new record). In Europe, Lonicera spp. , Symphoricarpos spp. and Linnea borealis L. (all Caprifoliaceae ) have been recorded (for details, see Taeger et al., 1998).

Remarks. Although this host record is not based on the field observation, Lonicera alpigena subsp. glehnii is undoubtedly a host of the sawfly, because the studied female was collected on this plant, laid eggs on it, and the hatched larvae ate this plant and grew to about 18 mm long.