Xyela-bakeri-group

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• Xyela bakeri

  Xyela bakeri is a Nearctic sawfly species in the family Xyelidae, first described by Konow in 1898. It belongs to the X. bakeri species group, which includes the Japanese X. fusca and an undescribed Chinese species—one of only two Xyela groups with trans-Beringian distributions. The species is endemic to North America with records spanning from Quebec to Florida and west to British Columbia, California, and the Yukon Territory. Larvae develop as internal feeders in pine cones, with documented hosts including multiple Pinus species in subgenus Pinus.

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