Allantinae is a subfamily of

sawflies Sawflies are wasp-like insects that are in the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plant ...

in the family

Tenthredinidae Tenthredinidae is the largest family of sawflies, with well over 7,500 species worldwide, divided into 430 genera. Larvae are herbivores and typically feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs, with occasional exceptions that are leaf miners, stem ...

, and the largest subfamily of that family, with about 110 genera. The subfamily is considered to consist of five to six tribes, and are medium to large sawflies.

Economic importance

Host plants include strawberries, raspberries, roses, violets, dogwood, and loosestrife. Larvae often pupate in fruit or wood. '' Monostegia abdominalis'' has larvae that feed on

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, and was introduced into Canada in about 1965 and is a major pest of Yellow Loosestrife ('' Lysimachia terrestris'').The Home Bug Garden. Sawfly Sunday: The Creepy Loosestrife Sawfly 20 June 2010
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Taxonomy

Tribes ( type genera) select genera; * Adamasini ('' Adamas''

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, 1945) * Allantini Rohwer, 1911 ('' Allantus'' Panzer 1801) '' Emphytopsis'' Wie & Nie, 1998 * Athaliini * Caliroini Benson, 1938 ('' Caliroa'' Costa, 1859) * Empriini Rohwer, 1911 ('' Empria'' Lepeletier & Serville 1828) '' Monostegia'' Costa, 1859 * Eriocampini Rohwer, 1911 ('' Eriocampa'' Hartig 1837)

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