Euura myrsiniticola

Euura myrsiniticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Euura
Species: E. myrsiniticola
Binomial name
Euura myrsiniticola
(Kopelke, 1991)
Synonyms

Pontania myrsiniticola Kopelke, 1991
Pontania (Eupontania) myrsiniticola Zinovjev (1993b)
Eupontania myrsiniticola Vikberg (2003)

Euura myrsiniticola is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). The larvae feed internally in a gall formed on the leaves of whortle-leaved willow (Salix myrsinites).

Description of the gall

The pea-sized gall is smooth and globular and occurs on whortle-leaved willow (Salix myrsinites). It is large in relation to the size of the leaf and protudes approximately one third above the leaf surface, and two third below.[1][2]

Distribution

The gall or sawlfy has been recorded from Finland, Norway, Russia (Kolguyev Island), Scotland and Sweden.[3]


References

  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.
  2. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Euura myrsiniticola (Kopelke, 1991)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Liston, Andrew D; Heibo, Erik; Prous, Marko; Vardal, Hege; Nyman, Tommi; Vikberg, Veli (2017). "North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4302 (1): 94. ISSN 1175-5334.
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