Biology:Euura pustulator
| Euura pustulator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Euura |
| Species: | E. pustulator
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| Binomial name | |
| Euura pustulator (Forsius, 1923)
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Pontania pustulator Forsius, 1923 | |
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).
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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)". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/hymenoptera/symphyta/tenthredinidae/euura/euura-pustulator/. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4302.1.1.
Wikidata ☰ Q55611191 entry
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