Pontoprista amentivora
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tenthredinidae | Genus: Pontoprista
Hosts: Salix spp
Detachable: integral
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Amauronematus amentivora
Pontania amentivora
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.
Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera
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Pontania amentivora, new species
This species lives, in the larval stage, in the pistillate catkins of a small species of Salix and causes the destruction of the ovaries and the premature forming of "cotton."
Range: VA
”- SA Rohwer: (1915) Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53483#page/333/mode/1up
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