Biology:Euura myrtilloides

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Short description: Species of sawfly

Euura myrtilloides
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Euura
Species:
E. myrtilloides
Binomial name
Euura myrtilloides
Kopelke, 1996

Euura myrtilloides is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies) and the larvae forms galls on swamp willow (Salix myrtilloides). It was first described by Jens-Peter Kopelke in 1996. E. myrtilloides is one of a number of closely related species which is known as the Euura atra subgroup.

Description

The gall is often low down on the plant and is a conspicuous, elongated swelling on young branches. The larvae over-winter in the gall.[1]

Other similar looking galls in the Euura atra subgroup are,[2]

Distribution

Recorded from Finland and Norway.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14627475 entry