Athalia rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Turnip Tigress)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAthalia rosae (Turnip Tigress)
GenusAthalia (tigress sawflies)
SubfamilyATHALIINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTENTHREDINIDAE (a family of sawflies)
SuperfamilyTENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Athalia rosae (Turnip Tigress) :
1: Athalia rosae (Turnip Tigress)
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY78 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
2: Athalia rosae (Turnip Tigress)
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY78 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Visiting Hogweed - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Visiting Hogweed - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Visiting Hogweed - latero-dorsal view - enlarged

Athalia rosae (Turnip Tigress) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Athalia rosae (Turnip Tigress)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Athalia rosae (Turnip Tigress)
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