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Pontania viminalis (Linnaeus) (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania viminalis 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 viminalis is associated with:

Photos larva Salix - willows (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf Restricted Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos larva Salix fragilis - Crack Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside) Minor Benson, R.B., 1958 [flushed red, glabrous, warty, oval or pea-shaped gall, c. 5-8mm diam, attached to mid-vein on underside of leaf]
Photos larva Salix purpurea - Purple Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside) Major Benson, R.B., 1958 [flushed red, glabrous, warty, oval or pea-shaped gall, c. 5-8mm diam, attached to mid-vein on underside of leaf]
Photos larva Salix viminalis - Osier (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside) Minor Benson, R.B., 1958 [flushed red, glabrous, warty, oval or pea-shaped gall, c. 5-8mm diam, attached to mid-vein on underside of leaf]

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

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

Associated with Pontania viminalis:

Pontania viminalis 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)
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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