Euura myrtilloides is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies) and the larvae forms galls on swamp willow (Salix myrtilloides). It was first described by Jens-Peter Kopelke in 1996. E. myrtilloides is one of a number of closely related species which is known as the Euura atra subgroup.
| Euura myrtilloides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Euura |
| Species: | E. myrtilloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Euura myrtilloides Kopelke, 1996
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Description
editThe gall is often low down on the plant and is a conspicuous, elongated swelling on young branches. The larvae over-winter in the gall.[1]
Other similar looking galls in the Euura atra subgroup are,[2]
- E. atra, found on white willow (S. alba) and crack willow (S. fragilis)
- E. auritae, found on eared willow (S. aurita)
- E. salicispurpureae, found on purple willow (S. purpurea)
- E. weiffenbachiella, found on creeping willow (S. repens) and S. rosmarinifolia.
Distribution
editRecorded from Finland and Norway.[2]
References
edit- ^ Ellis, W N. "Euura myrtilloides Kopelke, 1996". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ a b Liston, Andrew D; Heibo, Erik; Prous, Marko; Vardal, Hege; Nyman, Tommi; Vikberg, Veli (2017). "North European gall-inducing Euura sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Nematinae)". Zootaxa. 4302 (1). Magnolia Press: 59–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4302.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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