Euura anomaloptera group

= Tubpontania Vikberg, 2010

Diagnosis. Adult. In lateral view right mandible gradually tapering, left one with swollen base and thin, blade-like apex. Vein 2r-m normally present in both fore wings. Supraclypeal area densely setose. Antenna moderately long: ♀ about as long, or slightly longer, than costa of fore wing; ♂ longer than costa of fore wing. Cercus at most 4× as long as basal width and in dorsal view reaching back only to midpoint of valvula 3. Lancet: tapering rather strongly from base to apex; more or less curved, sometimes slightly sinuate. Sculpture on upper head more or less tuberculate. Penis valve ventrally without small spines; base of valvispina ventrally clearly divided from lobe on which it arises by an incision or at least a right-angled turn.

Larva. Third abdominal segment with 4 dorsal annulets; 1–3 with setae. Suranal plate with pseudocerci.

Gall. In leaves. A straight or spirally-twisted roll, sometimes many-layered. A procecidium is formed on upper leaf surface at the oviposition site.

Phenology. Most species univoltine, but at least E. purpureae and E. nitidinota often bivoltine (Benander 1966, Stritt 1938, Vikberg 2010b).

Provisionally, the relatively well characterised morphological species are also readily identifiable by COI barcoding, but no data are yet available for E. nitidinota .