EUURA ISCHNOCERA GROUP
Euura plicaphylicifolia - Tea-leaf Leaf-galler
Phyllocolpa plicaphylicifolia Kopelke, 2007
A recently described species. Multiple individuals were caught at Meall nan Tarmachen and Corrie Fee in Perthshire in 2010 (Liston et al. 2012). Likely to be overlooked, the foodplant being widespread in northern Britain (Musgrove, 2024).
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
GB IUCN status: Data Deficient
GB rarity status: Nationally 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
Musgrove, A.J. 2024. A review of the status of sawflies of Great Britain - Phase 3: The Tenthredinidae (subfamily Nematinae). Natural England, unpublished