Euura salicispurpureae
# Euura salicispurpureae

Euura salicispurpureae is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). It was first described by Jens-Peter Kopelke in 2014. The larvae feed within galls on willows (Salix species). E. salicispurpureae is one of a number of closely related species known as the Euura atra subgroup.

## Description

The gall is a slight swelling of a young shoot and there can be several, 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long, smooth galls in row. The larva probably over-winter in the gall.

Galls have been recorded on S. purpurea, S. purpurea x silesiaca and S. purpurea x viminalis.

Other similar looking species in the Euura atra subgroup are,

* E. atra found on white willow (Salix alba) and crack willow (S. fragilis).
* E. auritae, found on eared willow (S. aurita)
* E. myrtilloides found on swamp willow (S. myrtilloides)
* E. weiffenbachiella, found on creeping willow (S. repens) and S. rosmarinifolia

## Distribution

Euura salicispurpureae has been recorded from north Africa, and south and central Europe, north to Denmark. According to Redfern et al.(2011) the gall has been recorded in Ireland as E purpureae.

