Contarinia petioli (Kieffer, 1898)
on Populus
Populus tremula, France, dép. Yvelines, Moisson © Pierre Duhem

Populus tremula, Reusel

Populus tremula, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Hennuyères; © Jean-Yves Baugnée. The galls are situated not only on the petioles …

… but also on the young shoots.
gall
Larvae orange, solitary, one generation per year, hibernation and pupation in the ground.
hostplants
Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous
Populus tremula.
Rarely also P. alba, x canescens.
larva
spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Harmandia, Syndiplosis, petiolil Syndiplosis winnertzi Rübsaamen, 1910.
references
Barnes (1951a), Béguinot (2001c, 2002g,h, 2003b, 2007b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2011a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Hellrigl (2004b, 2006a), Houard (1908a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1910d, 1911a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1994a, 1997a, 1999a,b, 2003a, 2005b, 2006a, 2007a, 2009a, 2010a,b, 2012a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Carbonnelle (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Sylvén (1960a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Urban (2010b), Wahlgren (1963b).