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Fern-borer Sawflies
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Fern-borer Sawflies

Blasticotomidae

The Blasticotomidae are a very small family of sawflies, containing only 9 species in 3 genera worldwide, restricted to temperate regions of Eurasia where the larvae are specialized stem borers of ferns.

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