A gall produced by larva of Ectoedemia populella in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/8/2014).

An Ectoedemia populella gall in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/31/2019).

Ectoedemia populella in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/11/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

Ectoedemia populella in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/11/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Larvae form galls in the leaf petioles of poplar (Populus).

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A gall produced by larva of Ectoedemia populella in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/8/2014). View Record Details Media by Richard Orr.

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Ectoedemia populella in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/11/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

Ectoedemia populella in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/11/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

Source: Wikipedia

The poplar petiole gall moth (Ectoedemia populella) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widely distributed in North America east of the Rocky Mountains.^[1]^[2] It was first described by Danish-American entomologist August Busck in 1907.^[2]

The adult wingspan 7-8.5 mm.^[1]

The larvae induce globular galls on the petioles of several Populus species.^[1] Mature larvae overwinter in the galls and adults emerge in spring.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Annette Frances Braun (1917). "Nepticulidae of North America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 43 (2): 155–209. ISSN 0002-8320. JSTOR 25076968. Wikidata Q109923600.
^ ^a ^b Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.