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)
predators
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), 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).