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Pontania pustulator Forsius (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania pustulator 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 pustulator is associated with:

larva Salix myrsinifolia - Dark-leaved Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf Benson, R.B., 1958 [large, often reddish bean-shaped gall transected by leaf-blade]
larva Salix phylicifolia - Tea-leaved Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf Benson, R.B., 1958 [large, often reddish bean-shaped gall transected by leaf-blade]

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

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

Associated with Pontania pustulator:

Pontania pustulator 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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