Euura myrsiniticola

Euura myrsiniticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
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 protrudes approximately one-third above the leaf surface, and two-thirds below.[1][2]

Distribution

The gall or sawfly has been recorded from Finland, Norway, Russia (Kolguyev Island), Scotland and Sweden.[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 myrsiniticola (Kopelke, 1991)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.

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[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 19 December 2019.

[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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.