First Report of the Ash Sawfly, Tomostethus nigritus, Established on Fraxinus excelsior in the Republic of Ireland

Erika Soldi; Emma Fuller; Anna M M Tiley; Archie K Murchie; Trevor R Hodkinson

doi:10.3390/insects13010006

First Report of the Ash Sawfly, Tomostethus nigritus, Established on Fraxinus excelsior in the Republic of Ireland

Insects. 2021 Dec 21;13(1):6. doi: 10.3390/insects13010006.

Authors

Erika Soldi¹, Emma Fuller¹, Anna M M Tiley^{1

2}, Archie K Murchie², Trevor R Hodkinson¹

Affiliations

¹ Botany Department, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, College Green, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland.
² Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, 18a Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK.

Abstract

This is the first report of the ash sawfly, Tomostethus nigritus, in the Republic of Ireland. We observed defoliated leaves of Fraxinus excelsior L. and T. nigritus larvae at a forestry plantation in Co. Kildare. Morphological observation of the larvae and DNA analysis using mitochondrial COI barcoding confirmed the identification of this pest of ash.

Keywords: Fraxinus spp.; Republic of Ireland; Tomostethus nigritus; ash sawflies.

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