EUURA  AMERINAE GROUP

Euura auritae - Eared Shoot-galler

Euura cinereae Kopelke, 1996
Euura lapponica Kopelke, 1996
Euura salicislapponicae Kopelke, 2014

Recorded from Scotland and Wales to date, all of galls found on Salix aurita. Most records are fairly recent (the species was not recognised by Benson (1958)) (Musgrove, 2024).

See Liston et al (2017) for determination of adults. The host plants are widespread species.

Euura auritae larvae feed on shoots of eared willow, downy willow and grey willow. This species causes the shoot to be clearly thickened and spindle shaped and each shoot contains only one larva.

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Size: Female: 3.3 - 5.5mm, male: approx. 2.6 - 5.2mm

GB IUCN Status: Least Concern
GB Rarity Status: None

Distribution: Scotland, Wales

Flight period: Univoltine

Plant associations: Salix aurita, Salix lapponum and Salix atrocinerea (eared willow, downy willow and grey willow)

The National Biodiversity Network records are shown on the map below. (See terms and conditions)

References:

Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London

Liston, A.D., Heibo, E., Prous, M., Vårdal, H., Nyman, T. and Vikberg, V., 2017. North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae). Zootaxa, 4302(1), pp.1-115.

Liston A, Knight G, Sheppard D, Broad G, Livermore L (2014) Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ‘Symphyta’. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1168. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168

Musgrove, A.J. 2024. A review of the status of sawflies of Great Britain - Phase 3: The Tenthredinidae (subfamily Nematinae). Natural England, unpublished