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Pontania collactanea (Foerster) (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania collactanea 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 collactanea is associated with:

Photos larva Salix repens - Creeping Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of live leaf (underside) UK/Ireland Restricted Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Benson, R.B., 1958 [yellow and red-flushed to deep red, irregular, oval or pea-shaped gall, under 10mm diam, attached to leaf underside near midrib]

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

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

Associated with Pontania collactanea:

Pontania collactanea 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)
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls

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