Euura vesicator
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| Euura vesicator | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Euura |
| Species: | E. vesicator |
| Binomial name | |
| Euura vesicator (Bremi-Wolf, 1849) | |
Euura vesicator is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). The larvae feed internally in a gall on the leaves of purple willow (Salix purpurea) and its hybrids. It was first described by Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf in 1849.
The gall is ovoid and bladder like, 11 mm long and 5 mm across, and may broaden the leaf. A single white larva lives within the gall which is only found on purple willow (S. purpurea) and its hybrids.[1]
Euura vesicator is one of two closely related species in the Euura vesicator subgroup; the other being E. pustulator.[2]