BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Pontania pedunculi (Hartig) (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania pedunculi may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps and ants)
SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)
TENTHREDINOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Pontania pedunculi is associated with:

larva Salix aurita - Eared Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (underside) Major Benson, R.B., 1958 [densely pubescent pea-shaped gall, about 7mm diam, attached to underside of leaf]
larva Salix caprea - Goat Willow, Sallow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (underside) Minor Benson, R.B., 1958 [densely pubescent pea-shaped gall, about 7mm diam, attached to underside of leaf]
larva Salix cinerea - Grey Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (underside) Minor Benson, R.B., 1958 [densely pubescent pea-shaped gall, about 7mm diam, attached to underside of leaf]

There may be more taxa associated with Pontania pedunculi listed at higher taxonomic level

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

Associated with Pontania pedunculi:

gall gall may attract larva Phyllocolpa acutiserra - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Questionable Benson, R.B., 1958 [single record]

Pontania pedunculi may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps and ants)
SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)
Pontania
(a genus of sawflies)

References

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)