Euura pustulator
Euura pustulator is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). The larvae feed internally in a gall formed on the leaves of tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia) and diamondleaf willow (Salix pulchra).
Euura pustulator | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Family: | Tenthredinidae |
Genus: | Euura |
Species: | E. pustulator |
Binomial name | |
Euura pustulator (Forsius, 1923) | |
Synonyms | |
Pontania pustulator Forsius, 1923 |
Description of the gall
The thin-walled gall is ovoid, bladder-like, usually green and may broaden the leaf. It is 11 mm long and 5 mm across and is found on tea-leaved willow (S. phylicifolia) and diamondleaf willow (S. pulchra).[1][2]
Euura pustulator is one of two closely related species in the Euura vesicator subgroup; the other being E. vesicator.[3]
Distribution
The sawfly has been recorded from Finland, Great Britain (northern England and Scotland), Russia, Slovakia and Sweden.[1][3]
References
- Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978 185153 284 1.
- Ellis, W N. "Euura pustulator (Forsius, 1923)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- Liston, Andrew D; Heibo, Erik; Prous, Marko; Vardal, Hege; Nyman, Tommi; Vikberg, Veli (2017). "North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, nthredinidae, Nematinae)". Zootaxa. 4302 (1): 100. ISSN 1175-5334.