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Pontania harrisoni Benson (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania harrisoni 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 harrisoni is associated with:

larva Salix myrsinifolia - Dark-leaved Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside) Benson, R.B., 1958 [mostly greenish-yellow, pubescent, irregular pea-shaped pyriform, bi- or tricuspid gall, often over 10mm long, attached to mid-vein on underside of leaf]
Photos larva Salix purpurea - Purple Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside) Benson, R.B., 1958

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

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

Associated with Pontania harrisoni:

Pontania harrisoni 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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