“stem sawfly”

The following 2 entries include the term stem sawfly.

European wheat stem sawfly

noun

: a sawfly (Cephus pygmaeus) native to Europe but now widespread in grain-growing areas that has larvae which bore in the stalks of growing wheat and other small grains

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wheat stem sawfly

noun

: a North American sawfly (Cephus cinctus) having larvae that bore in the stems of wheat and other small grains causing great loss of crop

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