Zeugophora scutellaris Suffrian, 1840

on Populus

mine

For all the western European Zeugophora species applies: large, blackish brown, upper-surface blotch. Oviposition at the leaf underside, in a small pit, that is covered by secretion. These oviposition marks remain visible as small, transparent points. Larva yellow, flattened, with a distinct head but no feet. They live communal, and leave the mine through an upper-surface exit slit.

host plants

Salicaceae, monophagous

Populus nigra, tremula.

phenology

Larvae from June – September (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE uncertain (see below).

NE observed (Beenen & Winkelman, 1993a).

LUX uncertain (see below).

distribution within Europe

From Belgium and eastern France to Central Asia (Warchalowski, 2003a); Italy only (Fauna Europaea, 2007)!

pupa

See Steinhausen (2001b).

synonyms

Zeugophora frontalis Suffrian, 1840 (pers. comm. R. van Beenen)

notes

See Warchalowski (2003a) for a key to the beetles.

references

Augustin (1998a), Beenen & Winkelman 1989a, 1993a), Bieńkowski (2004a), Bukejs (2009b), Heinig & Schöller (2012a), Jong Eun Lee (1998a), Mohr (1985a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (2001b), Strickland (1920a), Vorst (2010a), Warchalowski (2003a).