Chaitophorus populeti (Panzer, 1804)poplar-shoot aphid
on Populus
Populus alba, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 28.iv.2018 © László Érsek
intensively attended by ants
apterae
dark specimen
alate
Populus alba, Biddinghuizen, Spijk- en Bremerbergbos 1.vii.2018 © Hans Jonkman
Populus nigra, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 13.vi.2015 © László Érsek: colony on a shoot
ant-attendance
aptera
aptera
aptera
aptera, ventral
Populus tremula, Engeland © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
gall
Apterae 2-3 mm, hairy, with short stump-like siphunculi; the colour is shining warm brown or dark green to black, with the sides of the body always dark to black, antennae and legs lighter. Mainly at the tip of young shoots and petioles, less often at the underside of leaves (like in young leaves of suckers). Buhr writes of leaves of young shoots with extensive yellow leaf curls. Intensively attended by ants.
host plants
Salicaceae, monophagous
Populus alba, balsamifera, x berolinensis, x canadensis, x canescens, carolinensis, laurifolia, nigra, suaveolens, tremula.
synonyms
Eichaitophorus populeti; Chaitophorus, Chaetophorus, betulinus van der Goot, 1912.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Heie (1982a), Hellrigl (2004a), Lampel & Meijer (2003a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1997a), Nieto Nafría, Carnero Hernández & Mier Durante (1977a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1981a, 1997a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roskam (2009a), Stroyan (1977a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998c), Szelegiewicz (1961a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2014a), Wieczorek & Osiadacz (2007a).