same mine in transparancy

Populus cf viminalis, Belgium, prov. Namur, Furfooz, Parc National de Furfooz © Stéphane Claerebout

Populus canescens, Amsterdam: feeding punctures

Populus tremula, België, prov. Luik, Heid des Gattes-Aywaille © Carina Van Steenwinkel: the mine to the left is of A. albitarsis; more to the right, much darker, a mine of Zeugophora spec.

the two mines lighted from behind; the orange spot is the characteristic oviposition scar of Zeugophora; the arrow points to the young Zeugophora larva, that has strayed into a foreign mine. The albitarsis-larve is fully grown and already has made its exit slit.

mine

Elongated, upper-surface blotch, on Poplars much larger than on Willows. At first the colour is green, but this quickly turns into an opaque brown. The larvae (maggots) distinguish these mines from those of Leucoptera sinuella and species. They are yellow, and often live communal. They leave the mine before pupation; the exit slit is in the upper epidermis.

host plants

Salicaceae, oligophagous

Populus alba, balsamifera, x canadensis, x canescens, carolinensis, nigra, simonii, tremula, tremuloides, trichocarpa; Salix alba, alba x x fragilis, purpurea, repens, triandra.

phenology

Larvae in June and August (Hering, 1957a; Martinez & Gumez, 1998a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1999a).

NE recorded (Kabos, 1971a, als A. populi Hendel).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From Norway to Italy, and from the UK and France to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2007); also Bulgaria (Buhr, 1941a).

larva

puparium

parasitoids, predators

Cirrospilus vittatus; Diglyphus isaea; Pnigalio soemius.

synonyms

Agromyza populi Hendel, 1920 nec (Kaltenbach, 1864); Agromyza lygophaga Hering, 1937. The homonymous name Agromyza albitarsis Zetterstedt, 1848 has caused a lot of confusion; it is a synonym of A. alnivora Spencer, 1969.

references

Beiger (1979a), Beuk (2002a), Bland (1994c), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Černý (2011a), Černý & Vála (1996a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Çikman, Beyarslan & Civelek (2006a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Drăghia (1968a, 1972a, 1974a), Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018a), Griffiths (1962a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1930b, 1955b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kollár (2007a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Maček (1999a), Martinez & Gumez (1998a), de Meijere (1934a), Michalska (1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Nowakowski (1954a), Pakalniškis (1982b), Papp & Černý (2015a), Robbins (1991a), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Spencer (1969a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Skuhravá & Roques (2000a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1972a, 1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), Süss (1979a, 1982a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Utech (1962a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).