Euura vesicator - viminalis group (formerly Pontania vesicator)
See Liston et al (2017) for determination of adults. The host plant is widespread.
Euura vesicator larvae feed on Purple Willow. The gall is in contact with the midrib, projecting equally above and below the leaf-blade. The gall is glabrous and smooth with up to 4 galls per leaf.
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Size: Female: 3.0 - 6.2mm, male: 3.6 - 5.6mm
Status: Local
Distribution: England, Scotland, Ireland
Flight period: Bivoltine
Plant associations: Salix purpurea (Purple Willow)
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- Euura vesicator gall (Hungarian specimen) Credit György Csóka
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