Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Contarinia petioli

Contarinia petioli (Kieffer, 1898)

on Populus

Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, Norway, Brønnøya, Pilbogen plot 41/177, 31.v.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, Norway, Nordmarka, Trehørningen, 10.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, Norway, Askerøya, Kibbevik, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, Norway, Ellingsrud, 17.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, Norway, Askerøya, Kibbevik, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, Norway, Ellingsrud, 17.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Contarinia petioli: galls on Populus tremula

Populus tremula, France, dép. Yvelines, Moisson © Pierre Duhem

Contarinia petioli galls

Populus tremula, Reusel

Contarinia petioli gall

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

Contarinia petioli galls

… 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

Contarinia petioli: spatula

spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)

synonyms

Harmandia, Syndiplosis, petioli; Syndiplosis winnertzi Rübsaamen, 1910.

unusual

The galls depicted below have the characters of C. petioli, but are exceptionally large; the petiole sometimes is shortened, and then completely galled. Possibly in connection with its size, the galls houses several larva.

cf Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

Populus tremula Russia, Moscow region, Orekhovo-Zuevsky district, the village of May 1 © Andrey Ponomarev det. M. Skuhravá

cf Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

detail

cf Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

vacated galls with exit openings

cf Contarinia petioli on Populus tremula

opened gall

references

Barnes (1951a), Béguinot (2001c, 2002g,h, 2003b, 2007b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2011a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Doğanlar (2017a), 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, 2021aL 194), 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).

Last modified 4.iii.2023