What is the meaning of Wheat sawfly?

  • A small European sawfly (Cephus pygmaeus) whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks.
  • Pachynematus extensicornis, whose larvae feed chiefly on the blades of wheat; -- called also grass sawfly.
  • Any of several small American sawflies of the genus Dolerus, as D. sericeus and D. arvensis, whose larvae injure the stems or heads of wheat.
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