Phyllocnistis extrematrix Martynova, 1955
Populus x canadensis, Belgiëum prov. West Flanders, Boezinge, Fort Saint Nicolas, 27.ix.2019 © Maarten Willems
gallery over the petiole
pupation site
mine
long gallery in the bark of young shoots; only towards the end the gallery, via the petiole, enters the leaf, and pupation takes place under a folded leaf margin.
host plants
Salicaceae, monophagous
Populus balsamifera, x canadensis, nigra, trichocarpa.
phenology
Probably several generations; hibernation as imago.
BENELUX
Found in the Netherlands in 2018 (Prick & van Nieukerken).
distribution within Europe
France, Iberia, Czechia, Slovakia, Romania, Kazakhstan (Laštůvka & Laštůvka).
references
Martynova (1955a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2014a), Liška, Šumpich, Laštůvka, ao (2014a), Liška, Vávra, Laštůvka, ao (2018a), Prick & van Nieukerken (2018a), Schulz & Fähnrich (2018a).