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HYMENOPTERA, Pamphilidae (Megalodontoidea)

The Pamphiliidae (or Pamphilidae) are a small family of Symphyta, with about 206 species from the temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. Their larvae feed on plants (e.g., conifers), using silk to either build webs or tents, or to roll leaves into tubes, in which they feed, giving them the names leaf-rolling sawflies or web-spinning sawflies. They differ from the closely-related Megalodontesidae by their simple, filiform antennae. Eight genera are: Acantholyda Costa, 1894 , Caenolyda Konow, 1897 , Cephalcia Panzer, 1805, Kelidoptera Konow, 1897, Neurotoma Konow, 1897, Onycholyda Takeuchi, 1938, Pamphilius Latreille, 1802, Pseudocephaleia Zirngiebl, 1937

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