Chaitophorus populialbae (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841)
poplar-leaf aphid
on Populus

Populus alba, England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
Populus tremula, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 7.vii.2017 © László Érsek
aptera and larva
aptera
another specimen
alatae
gall
Apterae 1-2 mm, hairy, with short stump-like siphunculi. The colour is greenish to yellowish white, often with small green spots. In small colonies, usually at the underside of the leaves. According to Buhr attacked leaves are loosely rolled downwards.
host plants
Salicaceae, monophagous
Populus alba, x canescens, grandidentata, nigra, tremula.
Although according to Buhr the species is limited to P. alba, Blackman & Eastop state that it lives on various poplars; still alba seems the most popular host.
synonyms
Chaetophorus populialbae; Chaitophorus albus Mordvilko, 1901.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Heie (1982a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1997a)n Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1998a), Mifsud, Pérez Hidalgo & Barbagallo (2009a), Nieto Nafría, Carnero Hernández & Mier Durante (1977a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1998a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998c), Szelegiewicz (1961a), Wieczorek & Osiadacz (2007a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).