Euura triandrae

Alternative names
Pontania triandrae
Description

Euura triandrae is a sawfly galling Salix triandra. The gall is bean-shaped, starting off green then maturing red. It is smooth and thick-walled, protruding through both the upper and lower leaf surface.

Similar Species

Similar galls are found on Crack Willow, Sallows and White Willow.  The host plant must be accurately identified (Almond Willow is a small tree or shrub, much planted for basket withies, and has glabrous narrow glossy leaves, finely serrate, with large stipules)

Identification difficulty

Gall Adult

Recording advice

If a gall, it is essential to say which tree species it was on and provide a photo showing host plant shoots as well as the gall.

Habitat

The galls are only found on Salix triandra (Almond Willow).

When to see it

May - September (gall)

UK Status

Rare but probably under-recorded.

VC55 Status

Unknown

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Species profile

Species group:
Sawflies
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Tenthredinidae
Records on NatureSpot:
13
First record:
10/08/2017 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
23/10/2023 (lemmon, roy)

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