Tenthredo mesomela
Tenthredo mesomela is a sawfly species of the family Tenthredinidae, subfamily Tenthredininae.
Description
Tenthredo mesomela can reach a length of about. These sawflies have a yellow to apple green body with black head, thorax and upperside of the abdomen, while pronotum and scutellum are yellow. They are distinguished from the very similar species of the genus Rhogogaster by the position of the eyes and by their black pterostigma.The adults can be encountered from May through July feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers. The larvae feed at night on leaves of buttercup and Persicaria species.