Euura plicaphylicifolia - ischnocera group (formerly Phyllocolpa plicaphylicifolia Kopelke, 2007)
See Liston et al (2017) for determination.
Euura plicaphylicifolia larvae feed on tea-leaved willow which is an upland species.
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Size: Female: 2.9 - 4.4mm, male: 3.6 - 4.1mm
Status: Rare
Distribution: Scotland
Flight period: Uni- or bivoltine
Plant associations: Salix phylicifolia (tea-leaved willow)
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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