As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Symphyta) are commonly called caterpillars as well. Both lepidopteran and symphytan larvae have eruciform body shapes.
as with most common names the application of the word is arbitrary since the larvae of sawflies (suborder symphyta) are commonly called caterpillars as well both lepidopteran and symphytan larvae have eruciform body shapes