Common pine sawfly

Common pine sawfly
Female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Diprionidae
Genus: Diprion
Species:
D. pini
Binomial name
Diprion pini
Synonyms
  • Diprion dorsatum
  • Diprion eques
  • Lophyrus pini
  • Lopyrus pini
  • Pteronus pini
  • Tenthredo pini Linnaeus, 1758

The common pine sawfly, Diprion pini, is a sawfly species in the family Diprionidae. It is a serious pest of economic forestry, capable of defoliating large areas of pine forest. It occurs throughout Europe and Russia.