Euura viminalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
on Salix
Salix purpurea, Kekerdom
Salix purpurea, Amsterdamse Waterleiding- duinen; upperside of the leaf
underside
transverse section
tunnels have been eaten within the wall by an inquiline
the inner wall is lined with papillate cells; the frass grains are rust-coloured
larva within the gall
parasiet
Smooth gall, in shape and size like a pea, often very warty, narrowly attached to the underside of a leaf. Sometimes bivoltine.
host plants
Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous
Salix purpurea.
synonyms
Eupontania, Pontania, viminalis.
note
Member of the Euura viminalis species group.
inquilines
as inquilines, but often also as predators, several weevils live in the galls: Melanapion mininum, Archarias crux, and A. salicivorus. See also the tortricid Gypsonoma dealbana.
references
Altenhofer, Hellrigl & Mörl (2001a). Askew (1985a), Béguinot (2002e,h, 2003a, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Beneš (2015a), Beneš & Holuša (2015a), Benson (1961a), Blanes-Dalmau, Caballero-López & Pujade-Villar (2017a), Buhr (1965a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Flügel (2016a), Haris (2009a), Hellrigl (2004b), Kollár (2011a), Kopelke (1985a), Kopelke & Amendt (2002a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon, Schneider & Chevin (2003a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Liston (2006a, 2007d), Liston, Heibo, Prous ao (2017a), Mol (2013a), Nieves Aldrey (1998a), Perović, Merdić & Perović (2006a), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Savina & Chevin (2012a), Schedl (1976a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Vikberg (1970a), Vikberg & Zinovjev (2006a), Zinovjev (1994a).