Euura dolichura - dolichura group (formerly Pontania dolichura)

See Liston et al (2017) for determination of adults. The host plant is an upland species.

Euura dolichura larvae feed on downy willow causing an elongated gall, often paired, on the upper side of a leaf.

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Size: Female: 2.8 - 4.0mm, male: 2.6 - 3.6mm

Status: Rare

Distribution: England, Scotland

Flight period: Univoltine

Plant associations: Salix lapponum (downy willow)

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