Xyela lunata is a species of sawfly in the genus Xyela that is endemic to California. The host for the larvae is Pinus coulteri (Coulter pine) and P. sabiniana (gray pine).[1]

Xyela lunata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Xyelidae
Genus: Xyela
Species:
X. lunata
Binomial name
Xyela lunata
Burdick, 1961

References

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  1. ^ Smith, David R. (1979). "Xyelidae". Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico – Vol. 1 – Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 8.