Phyllocoptes populi (Nalepa, 1894)
on Populus
Populus alba, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 27.v.2018 © László Érsek
underside of a galled leaf
fresh gall, upper side
fresh gall, transverse section
8.ix.2017, old, dried gall
Populus tremula, Beuningen, 5.vi.2012
underside and upperside
Populus tremula, Bavaria, Schwangau, Rohrkopf © Arnold Grosscurt, 29.vi.2012 (with an unfinished mine of Phyllocnistis labyrinthella)
Populus tremula, Amsterdam, 25.vii.206: upperside
underside, fresh gall
underside, old gall
detail
transverse section
Populus nigra, België, prov. Namen, Jemelle, 8.viii.2013 © Jean-Yves Baugnée
underside, detail
gall
The erineum usually is at the underside, but the reverse does occur as well.
hostplants
Salicaceae, monophagous
Populus alba, x canescens, nigra, tremula.
P. tremula is the most important by far.
inquilines
Aculus aegirinus, A. reticulatus.
references
Béguinot (2001c, 2002g,h, 2003a, 2005a, 2007b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2011a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ecott (2012a), Farkas (1865a), Hellrigl (2003a, 2004b, 2006a), Houard (1908a), Jočić & Petanović (2012a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Petanović & Stanković (1999a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka (2007a), Ripka & de Lillo (1997a), Roskam (2009a), Seidel (1957a), Skoracka, Lewandowski & Boczek (2005a), Stănescu (2009a), Sylvén (1960a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Vaněčková-Skuhravá (1996a), Wahlgren (1963b).