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Pontania algida (Benson) (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania algida 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 algida is associated with:

imago Salix herbacea - Dwarf Willow (Salicaceae) imago visits for nectar and/or pollen catkin Benson, R.B., 1958
larva Salix herbacea - Dwarf Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958 [pea-shaped gall transected by leaf-blade]

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

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

Associated with Pontania algida:

Pontania algida 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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