Athalia rosae (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Liston, A. D., Knight, G. T., Heibo, E., Bland, K. P., Barstad, Trond Elling, Blank, S. M., Boeve, J. - L., Fiedler, K., Grearson, K. J., Halstead, A., Jacobs, H. - J., Jansen, E., Lonnve, O., Prous, M., Robinson, J. & Taeger, A., 2012, On Scottish sawflies, with results of the 14 International Sawfly Workshop, in the southern Highlands, 2010 (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62, pp. 1-68 : 34

Athalia rosae (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Roseburn, 2 ♀♀, 20.vi.2010, leg. Liston ( SDEI, RSME) .

Liston (2008) discussed the recent reappearance of A. rosae in Scotland. The individuals above (see also Table 1) were found in vegetation in which the known larval hosts (principally cultivated Brassicaceae ) are largely absent. Perhaps these three females were part of a dispersal event. During the preceding days, a strong wind blew from the North. Is it chance that the first records of A. rosae in Scotland since 1859 (Berwickshire) were to the North of Edinburgh (St. Andrews, Fife, 2007; Liston 2008)? It seems worth noting that all records of A. rosae in Scotland have until now been from the East Coast and that no male has yet been found.