Athalia yanoi Takeuchi, 1952

Kumar, Deepthi S & Sankar, Manimuthu M, 2023, Taxonomic Notes and New Distribution and Host Plant Records for Sawflies and Woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Japan VIII, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 49 (2), pp. 57-74 : 58

Athalia yanoi Takeuchi, 1952

Japanese name: Ezonokawajisa-habachi

Material examined. HOKKAIDO: 1♂, Bibai, 43°20′N 141°51′E, coll. larva on Veronica persica , 11. VII. 2022 , mat. 14. VII., em. 10. IX. 2022, H. Hara; 1 ♂, same data but coll. egg in Veronica persica , 19. VIII. 2022 , larva hatch. 20 VIII., mat. 31. VIII. – 1. IX., em. 23. IX. 2022.

Host plants. Plantaginaceae : Veronica americana (Raf.) Schwein. ex Benth. ( Abe, 1988), V. persica Poir. (new record).

Remarks. The newly recorded host is also known as a host of Athalia kashmirensis Benson, 1932 ( Abe, 1988). For distinguishing characters of the larvae of these two species, see Abe (1988).