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Pontania arcticornis Konow (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania arcticornis 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 arcticornis is associated with:

larva Salix myrsinifolia - Dark-leaved Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside) Benson, R.B., 1958 [yellowish-green, slightly pubescent, irregular pea-shaped or purse-shaped pyriform gall, usually less than 10mm long, attached to mid-vein on underside of leaf and bent sideways, outwards from midrib]
larva Salix phylicifolia - Tea-leaved Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside) Benson, R.B., 1958 [yellowish-green, slightly pubescent, irregular pea-shaped or purse-shaped pyriform gall, usually less than 10mm long, attached to mid-vein on underside of leaf and bent sideways, outwards from midrib]

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

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

Associated with Pontania arcticornis:

Pontania arcticornis 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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