Salix purpurea, Noord-Brabant, Werkendam © Tineke Cramer; from Mol (2013a)

larva

parasiet

Gall smooth and shining, about equally protruding above and below. Up to four galls per leaf. Bivoltine.

host plants

Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous

Salix purpurea.

larva

Abdominal segments 1-8 with 4 dorsal annulets. Suranal plate with minute pseudocerci, very close to one another. Body without black marks.

synonyms

Euura, Pontania, vesicator.

predators

as inquilines, but often also as predators, several weevils live in the galls: Archarias crux and A. salicivorus. See also the totrticid Gypsonoma dealbana

note

Member of the Euura viminalis species group.

references

Altenhofer, Hellrigl & Mörl (2001a), Askew (1985a), Béguinot (2002e, 2006c, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Beneš (2015a), Benson (1961a), Buhr (1965a), Cogolludo (1921a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Hellrigl (2004b), Houard (1908a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Kollár (2011a), Kopelke (1985a, 1999a), Kopelke & Amendt (2002a), Lambinon, Schneider & Chevin (2003a), Liston (2006a), Liston, Heibo, Prous ao (2017a), Mol (2013a), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Savina & Chevin (2012a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Vikberg & Zinovjev (2006a).