Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly vs sweet-sage

Abia fasciata compared with Lantana trifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly	sweet-sage
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cimbicidae	Verbenaceae
Genus	Abia	Lantana
Species	Abia fasciata	Lantana trifolia

Conservation Status

Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly

LC — Least Concern

sweet-sage

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Honeysuckle Sawfly	sweet-sage
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).

sweet-sage

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.