Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly vs Floating Fern

Abia fasciata compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Cimbicidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Abia	Salvinia
Species	Abia fasciata	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly

The Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly (Abia fasciata) is a species in the genus Abia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.