Pontania proxima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Pontania
Species:
P. proxima
Binomial name
Pontania proxima
(Serville, 1823)

Pontania proxima, the willow gall sawfly, is native to Europe and Western Asia and makes prominent red galls on the leaves of willows (Salix species).[1][2] It is also now widespread in New Zealand, after arriving in Canterbury in 1929,[3] and was successfully introduced to Australia.[4]

References

  1. Kay, M. K. (1980). "Pontania proxima (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)". Forest and Timber Insects in New Zealand. 45: 1–4. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. "Pontania proxima (Lepeletier, 1823)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. Martin, Nicholas A. "Willow sawfly - Nematus oligospilus". New Zealand Arthropod Factsheet Series Number 27. Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. Daley, A.; Ellingsen, K. "Pontania proxima". Insects of Tasmania: An online field guide. Retrieved 11 April 2021.


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