Chrysomela populi Linnaeus, 1758

red poplar leaf beetle

on Populus, etc.

>Populus nigra, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 13.v-15.viii.2019 © László Érsek

adult with eggs

eggs

young larvae

detail

ouder larvae with feeding damage

detail

full grown and young larva

fresh pupa

parasite

Larvae and adults free on the leaves.

host plants

Salicaceae, oligophagous

Populus alba, nigra, tremula; Salix alba, cinerea, purpurea, viminalis.

Mainly on poplar.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

larva

See Hennig

pupa

See Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b).

synonyms

Meolasoma populi.

parasitoids, predators

Schizonotus sieboldi.

references

Biondi (1994b), Borowiec (1984a), Bukejs (2010d), Farina (2015a), García-Ocejo, Gurrea & Petitpierre (1992a), Gavrilović & Ćurčić (2013a), Gavrilović, Gavrilović, Ćurčić, ao (2014a), Hennig (1938a), Kofler (2011a), Maican & Serafim (2018a), Petitpierre (2005a), Petitpierre i Vall (1994a), Regalin, Bezděk, Penati & Ciapponi (2006a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Rozner & Rozner (2008a), Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b), Troukens (2012b), Urban (2006a), Vela, Bastazo & Fritzlar (2017a), Vig (1997a, 1999a), Winkelman (2013a).