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Caliroa
The genus Caliroa is a group of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. The larvae are slimy in appearance, and are sometimes referred to as "slugs" (e.g., the "pear slug"), though they are not gastropods, but insects.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cherry Slug Sawfly
speciesCaliroa cerasi

Oak Slug Sawfly
speciesCaliroa annulipes

Scarlet Oak Sawfly
speciesCaliroa quercuscoccineae

Aspen Slugworm
speciesCaliroa tremulae

Caliroa lunata
speciesCaliroa lunata

Variable Oak Slugworm
speciesCaliroa varipes

Yellow-headed Oak Slugworm
speciesCaliroa cinxia

Caliroa nyssae
speciesCaliroa nyssae

Caliroa liturata
speciesCaliroa liturata

Caliroa lobata
speciesCaliroa lobata

Caliroa obsoleta
speciesCaliroa obsoleta

Caliroa cothurnata
speciesCaliroa cothurnata

Caliroa fasciata
speciesCaliroa fasciata

Caliroa dionae
speciesCaliroa dionae

Caliroa labrata
speciesCaliroa labrata
Caliroa lorata
speciesCaliroa lorata
Caliroa crypta
speciesCaliroa crypta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 372177.