Phyllocolpa nigrita
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tenthredinidae | Genus: Phyllocolpa
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: leaf edge
Form: non-gall, leaf edge fold
Cells: not applicable
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Types and biological notes of the eastern North American sawflies of Pontania Costa and Phyllocolpa Benson (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) described by Marlatt, Dyar, and Rohwer
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Pontania nigrita
Type locality. — Michigan. The holotype is labeled "Ag. Coll. Mich," presumably from East Lansing.
Host plants. — According to Smith and Fritz (1996), the host plants are Salix seri- cea, S. discolor Muhl., and S. eriocephala Michx.
Notes. — This is a valid species of Phyllocolpa and belongs to the leucosticta group. Its larva and biology were described by Dyar (1897b) under the name Pontania pallicornis Norton.
”- Alexey Zinovjev, David Smith: (1999) Types and biological notes of the eastern North American sawflies of Pontania Costa and Phyllocolpa Benson (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) described by Marlatt, Dyar, and Rohwer©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16194684#page/373/mode/1up
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