Pontania californica
Pontania californica gall, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Pontania
Species:
P. californica
Binomial name
Pontania californica
Marlatt
Synonyms

Euura californica

Pontania californica, generally known as the willow apple gall sawfly, is a species of common sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.[1] This sawfly "breeds year-round, producing as many as six generations" in certain locations.[2]

References

  1. "Pontania californica". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  2. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 46. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8.


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