Contarinia petioli (Kieffer, 1898)
on Populus
Populus tremula, Norway, Brønnøya, Pilbogen plot 41/177, 31.v.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Populus tremula, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Populus tremula, Norway, Nordmarka, Trehørningen, 10.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Populus tremula, Norway, Askerøya, Kibbevik, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Populus tremula, Norway, Ellingsrud, 17.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Populus tremula, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Populus tremula, Norway, Askerøya, Kibbevik, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Populus tremula, Norway, Ellingsrud, 17.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva
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, 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.
Populus tremula Russia, Moscow region, Orekhovo-Zuevsky district, the village of May 1 © Andrey Ponomarev det. M. Skuhravá
detail
vacated galls with exit openings
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).