Euura oligospilus
The species is green in life turning to light yellow when dead. Coloured black are the ocellar and postocellar area, the dorsal face of the antennae, grooves of the mesonotum, the pits next to thescutellum, the scutellar attachment, and the dorsum of the abdomen. The hind tibiae and tarsi are more or less darkened. The male is coloured much like the female, but the mesonotum and mesepimeron are black.
Larvae feed on willows.
Size: Female: 5.0 - 6.5, male: 5.0 - 6.0mm.
Status: Widespread
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Flight period: May to June, July to August
Plant associations: Salix spp. (willows)
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- Euura oligospilus larva Credit John Grearson
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, 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
Muche, W.H., 1974. Die Nematinengattungen Pristiphora Latreille, Pachynematus Konow und Nematus Panzer (Hym., Temthredinidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 21(1/3), pp.1-137.
Prous, M., Liston, A., Kramp, K., Savina, H., Vårdal, H. and Taeger, A., 2019. The West Palaearctic genera of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). ZooKeys, 875, p.63-127