Entomological Review (2020) 100, 287-300

I.V. Ermolaev, E.A. Rubleva, S.L. Rysin, A.A. Kozhenkova and M.V. Ermolaeva (2020)
Trophic specialization of the poplar leafminer Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke, 1833) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
Entomological Review 100 (3), 287-300
Abstract: Host plants of the poplar leafminer Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Tr.) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) were studied. This miner is a narrow oligophage developing on 12 species of the genus Populus L. of the family Salicaceae: P. alba, P. balsamifera, P. deltoides, P. koreana, P. laurifolia, P. maximowiczii, P. nigra, P. pseudosimonii, P. simonii, P. suaveolens, P. talassica, and P. tremula. Feeding on the leaves of plants of the genus Salix leads to death of the leafminer larvae. Resistance of poplars to the miner decreases in the series: Populus (P. alba, P. tremula) > Aigeiros (P. nigra, P. deltoides) > Tacamahaca (P. balsamifera, P. koreana, P. laurifolia, P. maximowiczii, P. suaveolens). The ecological consequences of chronic defoliation of poplars by the miner are shown.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phyllonorycter pastorella	Poplar/aspen (Populus)	Russia (Eur.)
	Phyllonorycter populifoliella	Poplar/aspen (Populus)	Russia (Eur.)