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Pontania crassipes (Thomson) (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania crassipes may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Pontania crassipes is associated with:

larva Salix arbuscula - Mountain Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf Questionable Benson, R.B., 1958 [pea-shaped gall on one side of leaf blade which transects it, and adjoining or including the mid-vein]
larva Salix herbacea - Dwarf Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of live leaf Benson, R.B., 1958 [pea-shaped gall on one side of leaf blade which transects it, and adjoining or including the mid-vein]

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

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

Associated with Pontania crassipes:

Pontania crassipes may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

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

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