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Chaitophorus populeti

Poplar-shoot aphid

Description

Aphids, 2-3 mm in length, color brown or dark green to black. Young stages green with black pattern.  It lives in a colonies situated on the tips of young shoots or leaves petioles, less often also at the underside of leaves. Colonies are intensively attended by ants. They are harmful in forest stands and also on trees in an urban environment. They occur abundantly in the months of May - June. Similar damages are caused by Ch. populialbae.

Symptom

Dark winged aphids at tips of young shoots or leaves petioles, living in a colony. Intensively attended by ants.

Tree Species: Poplar

Part of a plant- attacked: Leaf / Needle

Pest significance: Less harmful

Pest Category: Insects

Invasive Species: No

Present in EU: Yes