Euura pustulator is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). The larvae feed internally in a gall formed on the leaves of tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia) and diamondleaf willow (Salix pulchra).

Euura pustulator
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Euura
Species:
E. pustulator
Binomial name
Euura pustulator
(Forsius, 1923)
Synonyms

Pontania pustulator Forsius, 1923
Pontania (Eupontania) pustulator Zinovjev (1985)
Pontania (Pontania) pustulator Viitasaari & Vikberg (1985)
Nematus (Pontania) pustulator Zhelochovtsev (1988)
Eupontania pustulator Vikberg & Zinovjev (2006)

Description of the gall

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The thin-walled gall is ovoid, bladder-like, usually green and may broaden the leaf. It is 11 mm long and 5 mm across and is found on tea-leaved willow (S. phylicifolia) and diamondleaf willow (S. pulchra).[1][2]

Euura pustulator is one of two closely related species in the Euura vesicator subgroup; the other being E. vesicator.[3]

Distribution

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The sawfly has been recorded from Finland, Great Britain (northern England and Scotland), Russia, Slovakia and Sweden.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.
  2. ^ Ellis, W N. "Euura pustulator (Forsius, 1923)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b Liston, Andrew D; Heibo, Erik; Prous, Marko; Vardal, Hege; Nyman, Tommi; Vikberg, Veli (2017). "North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, nthredinidae, Nematinae)". Zootaxa. 4302 (1): 100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.