Euura venusta (Brischke, 1883)

on Salix

Salix caprea, Belgium, prov. Namur, Vierves-sur-Viroin; leg. Sébastien Carbonnelle © Gilles San Martin

same gall, underside

Salix caprea, GD Luxembourg, Hollenfels © Sébastien CarbonnelleL opened gall

gall

Fusiform, relatively thin-walled, unilocular gall in the petiole; larva solitary. Univoltine; pupation in the soil.

hostplants

Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous

Salix aurita, caprea, lapponum, silesiaca.

Rarely S. cinerea & subsp. oleifolia.

larva

Third abdominal segment with 3 dorsal annulets. Suranal plate without pseudocerci.

synonyms

Cryptocampus venustus.

note

Member of the Euura amerinae species group.

references

Béguinot (2012a), Beneš & Holuša (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Burton, Carbonnelle, Ellis & Schneider (2019a), Chevin, Ellis & Schneider (2011a), Houard (1908a), Koops (2013a), Kopelke (1999a), Liston (2006a), Liston, Heibo, Prous ao (2017a), Macek (2012c), Mol (2013a), Nyman, Zinovjev, Vikberg & Farrell (2006a), Pesarini (2014a), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Savina & Chevin (2012a), Schneider (2016a), Taeger, Altenhofer, Blank, ao (1998a).