Euura mucronata

Euura mucronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Euura
Species: E. mucronata
Binomial name
Euura mucronata
(Hartig, 1837)
Synonyms

Euura gemmacinereae Kopelke, 2001
Euura nigritarsis Cameron, 1885
Euura saliceti auct. nec Fallén, 1808[1]

Euura mucronata is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies).[1] The larva feed within galls on the buds of willows (Salix species). It was first described by Theodor Hartig in 1837.

Description

The bud of the host species is about twice the normal size and pear-shape. The greenish larva feeds within the gall which also contains frass and the bud falls to the ground in the autumn where the larva pupates.[2] Several buds on the same shoot can be galled and the insect has a single generation per year (i.e. univoltine).[3] Most species of Euura are monophagous on Salix species but there is some discussion on whether Euura mucronata is a group of closely related species, each feeding on different Salix species, or whether it is polyphagous feeding on over thirty species of willow.[2][4]

Distribution

E. mucronata is found in Europe from Ireland, east to the Ukraine and from Norway, south to Portugal.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Taxon profile". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: FSC Publications. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978 1 85153 284 1.
  3. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Euura mucronata". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Nyman, Tommi (2002). "The willow bud galler Euura mucronata Hartig (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae): one polyphage or many monophages?". Heredity. 88 (4): 288–295. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800042. PMID 11920137.
  5. ↑ "Euura (Gemmura) mucronata (Hartig, 1837)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 24 October 2017.


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