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.[1]
The gall is a slight swelling of a young shoot and there can be several, long, smooth galls in row. The larva probably over-winter in the gall.[2]
Galls have been recorded on S. purpurea, S. purpurea x silesiaca and S. purpurea x viminalis.[2]
Other similar looking species in the Euura atra subgroup are,[1]
Euura salicispurpureae has been recorded from north Africa, and south and central Europe, north to Denmark.[1] According to Redfern et al.(2011) the gall has been recorded in Ireland as E purpureae.[3]