Sirex noctilio | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Superfamily: | Siricoidea |
Family: | Siricidae |
Genus: | Sirex |
Species: | S. noctilio |
Binomial name | |
Sirex noctilio Fabricius, 1793 |
The Sirex woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, is a species of horntail, native to Europe, Asia, northern America and northern Africa, and is an invasive species in Australia, New Zealand, South America, and South Africa.[1] They average 9 to 36 mm in length.[2]