Pontania proxima

Pontania proxima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Family:	Tenthredinidae
Genus:	Pontania
Species:	P. proxima
Binomial name
	Pontania proxima; (Lepeletier, 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[]

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

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[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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