Blennocampa phyllocolpa
Blennocampa phyllocolpa is a small (only 3 or 4 mm), black sawfly whose larvae gall the leaves of rose (Rosa) species causing both sides of the leaflet to roll downwards to the main vein, forming loose tubes, often spirally twisted. These may contain the green sawfly larvae, and may not be true galls.
Wherever the host species (Rosa) are found.
Whenever Rosa species are in leaf.
The leaf roll may be empty as the larvae often leave one tube to construct another.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
sue
Ellistown, R Sence marsh adj to coal-tip
05 August 2018
spiral leaf roll galls on a wild rose
Graham Calow
Countesthorpe Country Park
24 May 2022
larva ex roll galls on Dog-rose
Graham Calow
Countesthorpe Country Park
24 May 2022
tenanted roll galls on Dog-rose
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Sawflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 36
- First record:
- 04/06/2009 (Clough, Jerry)
- Last record:
- 23/07/2024 (lemmon, roy)
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sue
Bagworth, Manor Farm LNR
04 November 2017
sue
Bagworth, Manor Farm LNR, hedge
14 May 2020
martindgrimes
Priors Coppice
26 May 2016
