The
Pamphiliidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled
Pamphilidae) are a small family within the
Symphyta, containing some 200 species from the temperate regions of
North America and
Eurasia. The larvae feed on plants (often
conifers), using silk to either build webs or tents, or to roll leaves into tubes, in which they feed, thus earning them the common names
leaf-rolling sawflies or
web-spinning sawflies. They are distinguished from the closely related
Megalodontesidae by their simple, filiform antennae.