Saperda populnea

Saperda populnea, the small poplar borer,[1] is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae which forms woody galls on twigs of poplars and willows. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.[2]

Saperda populnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Genus: Saperda
Species:
S. populnea
Binomial name
Saperda populnea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Cerambyx decempunctatus DeGeer, 1775
Cerambyx populneus Linnaeus, 1758
Compsidia populnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lamia populnea (Linnaeus, 1758
Leptura betulina Geoffroy, 1785

Description

The beetles can be found from May to July, with the female makes a horseshoe shaped cut and laying an egg in the incision.[3] The gall develops in an internode as a symmetrical swelling, which can be 20 mm long, and contains a yellowish larva or pupa in a single elongate chamber. An exit hole is made in the spring.[4] It is most common on apen (Populus tremula) and also found on black cottonwood (P. trichocarpa), black poplar (P. nigra) and goat willow (Salix caprea).[5] In Britain the gall is commonest on the young twigs of aspen.[4]

Distribution

Has been recorded in the following countries, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia), France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Morocco, Mexico, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America.[2]

References
  1. "Saperda populnea (small poplar borer)". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. "Saperda populnea (Linnaeus, 1758)". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. Harde, K W; Severa, F (2000). A Field Guide In Colour To Beetles. Enderby: Silverdale Books. pp. 268–9. ISBN 1-85605-448-9.
  4. Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: FSC Publications. pp. 210–219 & 282–299. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.
  5. Ellis, W N. "Saperda populnea (Linnaeus, 1758)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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