A Taxonomist's Notebook

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#365Insects 17: #Neodiprion pratti banksianae Rohwer, 1925
Host plants are often important when deciphering species and drawing lines for where one species begins and another ends. Although originally described as a unique species, the Jack Pine...

#365Insects 17: #Neodiprion pratti banksianae Rohwer, 1925

Host plants are often important when deciphering species and drawing lines for where one species begins and another ends. Although originally described as a unique species, the Jack Pine Sawfly is now considered a subspecies of the Virginia Pine Sawfly (Neodiprion pratti pratti).

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