Contarinia petioli

Contarinia • Cecidomyiidae • Diptera (plant parasitic) • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Contarinia petioli damage on Populus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Milan Zubrik, Forest Research Institute - Slovakia
Source: IPM Images

Contarinia petioli (Kieffer)

The midge causes galls on poplars in Europe and temperate Asia.

Publications covering Contarinia petioli

Journal of Pest Science (2004) 77, 119-122
Malgorzata Skrzypczynska (2004)
Studies on population frequency of insects and mites causing galls on the leaves of the European aspen Populus tremula L. in southern Poland

Journal of Applied Entomology - Zeitschrift für angewandte Entomologie (1997) 121, 315-320
V. Skuhravy, M. Skuhravá and J.W. Brewer (1997)
Gall midges (Dipt., Cecidomyiidae) associated with Populus tremula, P. tremuloides and their hybrid (Salicaceae)