Euura virilis (Zirngiebl, 1955)
on Salix
on Salix
Salix purpurea, Zwolle, 17.v.2020 © Arnold Grosscurt
Salix purpurea, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 21.iv.2019 © László Érsek
Gall,s upper side
underside
transverse section
larva in the gall
larva
larva dorsal and ventral
larve, sternal view
√Salix purpurea, Belgium, prov. Luxembourg, Durbuy, la vieille Briqueterie de Rome, 8.vi.2014 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
less typical: gall at but one side of the midrib
the gall is hardly developed at the underside of the leaf
Salix purpurea, Belgium, prov. Namur, Fagnolle.5/v/2009 © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Salix purpurea, Voorne’s Duin, 31.v.2012 © Ben van As
Salix purpurea, Zwolle, 7.vii.2020 © Arnold Grosscurt: old, vacated galls
exit opening sometimes at the upper side …
… sometimes at the underside
gall
sausage or caterpillar shaped gall, consisting of a number (sometimes just two) compartments. The gall is most prominent at the upperside. Usually two galls at either side of the midrib.
host plants
Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous
Salix purpurea.
larva
Third abdominal segment with 4 dorsal annulets. Suranal plate with widely separated pseudocerci.
synonym
Pontania virilis; Euura dolichura auct. nec (Thomson, 1871). The real dolichura is a northern European species that occurs on Salix lapponum.
note
Member of the Euura dolichura species group.
references
Béguinot (2002e,h, 2003a, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Beneš (2015a), Boevé, Peter, Jacobs, ao (2009a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Kopelke (1985a, 1990a, 1994a, 1999a), Kopelke & Amendt (2002a), Lambinon, Schneider & Chevin (2003a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Liston (2006a), Liston, Heibo, Prous ao (2017a), Liston, Jacobs & Turrisi (2013a), Mol (2013a), Roller, Beneš, Blank ao (2006a), Roskam (2009a), Salas-Remón, Llimona, Lozano ao (2015a), Savina, Chevin & Liston (2014a).