Periclista shiritakensis Togashi, 1999

Bourke, Joanna, 2024, Taxonomic Notes and New Distribution and Host Plant Records for Sawflies and Woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Japan IX, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 50 (1), pp. 19-32 : 29

Periclista shiritakensis Togashi, 1999

Japanese name: Zuaka-maru-habachi

( Fig. 6C–E)

Material examined. HONSHU: Tochigi Pref.: 1 ˂, Nakagawa, Wami , 36°46'N 140°10'E, coll. larva on Quercus serrata 7. V. 2019, mat. 17. V., em. 10. IV. 2020, S. Ibuki ( Fig. 6C–E) .

Larva. Final feeding-instar ( Fig. 6C–D): Yel- low green almost entirely; spines completely white; bifurcate spines relatively long, about 1/5 as long as height of trunk; subspiracular lobe with anterior spine bifurcate, posterior spine sim- ple; surpedal lobe with two simple spines. Mature larva ( Fig. 6E): Yellow green almost entirely, without spines.

Host plant. Fagaceae : Q. serrata (new record).

Remarks. The host plant and larva of P. shiritakensis have been unknown until now.

The larva of this species is similar to the larva of P. erythrogramma in having an entirely yellow green head and trunk, but they are easily distin- guished by the color and shape of the spines.