Euphranta toxoneura (Loew, 1846)
(Willow Sawfly Tephritid)

Interactions where Euphranta toxoneura is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva kleptoparasitises gall (first generation) UK/IrelandRestricted Pontania a genus of sawflies Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritidlarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania/Pontaniaa genus of sawfliesgall (first generation)Sole
larva larva is predator of larva UK/IrelandRestricted Pontania a genus of sawflies Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritidlarva Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania/Pontaniaa genus of sawflieslarvaSole
larva larva kleptoparasitises gall (first generation) Foreign Pontania pedunculi a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritidlarva Animal / kleptoparasiteForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Eupontania) pedunculi/Pontania (Eupontania) pedunculia sawflygall (first generation)
larva larva is predator of larva Foreign Pontania pedunculi a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritidlarva Animal / predatorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Eupontania) pedunculi/Pontania (Eupontania) pedunculia sawflylarva
larva larva kleptoparasitises gall (first generation) Foreign Pontania bridgmanii a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritidlarva Animal / kleptoparasiteForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Pontania) bridgmanii/Pontania (Pontania) bridgmaniia sawflygall (first generation)
larva larva is predator of larva Foreign Pontania bridgmanii a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritidlarva Animal / predatorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Pontania) bridgmanii/Pontania (Pontania) bridgmaniia sawflylarva
larva larva kleptoparasitises gall (first generation) ForeignMajor Pontania proxima Willow Bean-gall Sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritidlarva Animal / kleptoparasiteForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Pontania) proxima/Pontania (Pontania) proximawillow bean-gall sawflygall (first generation)Major
larva larva is predator of larva ForeignMajor Pontania proxima Willow Bean-gall Sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritidlarva Animal / predatorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Pontania) proxima/Pontania (Pontania) proximawillow bean-gall sawflylarvaMajor
is associated with Pontania-galled leaf UK/Ireland Salix alba White Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritid Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/Salix albawhite willowPontania-galledleaf
is associated with Pontania-galled leaf UK/Ireland Salix caprea Goat Willow, Sallow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritid Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix caprea/Salix capreagoat willow, sallowPontania-galledleaf
is associated with Pontania-galled leaf UK/Ireland Salix cinerea Grey Willow, Common Sallow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritid Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix cinerea/Salix cinereagrey willow, common sallowPontania-galledleaf
is associated with Pontania-galled leaf UK/IrelandMajor Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis hybrid crack-willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Scotland, Wilkinson, G., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euphranta toxoneura/Euphranta toxoneurawillow sawfly tephritid Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilishybrid crack-willowPontania-galledleafMajor

Euphranta toxoneura (Willow Sawfly Tephritid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Euphranta toxoneura (Willow Sawfly Tephritid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Wilkinson, G., 2015Euphrantia toxoneura (Loew) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to ScotlandDipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 22: 143-144.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEuphranta toxoneura (Willow Sawfly Tephritid)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Euphranta toxoneura (Willow Sawfly Tephritid)

Euphranta toxoneura (Willow Sawfly Tephritid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Euphranta toxoneura (Willow Sawfly Tephritid):

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