TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS OF THE POPLAR LEAF MINER, PHYLLONORYCTER POPULIFOLIELLA (TREITSCHKE, 1833), I N BELARUS: RESULTS OF AN ANALYSIS OF POPLAR (POPULUS L.) COLLECTION OF THE HERBARIUM OF THE BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

UDC 595.782:632.782 (476)

Sinchuk Nadzeya – PhD student, the Department of Zoology. Belarusian State University (4, Nezavisimosti Ave., 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: n.v.sinchuk@gmail.com

Tikhomirov Valery – PhD (Biology), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Botany. Belarusian State University (4, Nezavisimosti Ave., 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: Tikhomirov_V_N@list.ru

Buga Sergey – DSc (Biology), Professor, Head of the Department of Zoology. Belarusian State University (4, Nezavisimosti Ave., 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: sergey.buga@gmail.com

DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.52065/2519-402Х-2024-276-12.

Key words: leaf-mining insects, pests of ornamental plants, Gracillariidae, poplar leaf-miner

For citation: Sinchuk N., Tichomirov V., Buga S. Trophic associations of the poplar leaf miner, Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke, 1833), in Belarus: results of an analysis of poplar (Populus L.) collection of the Herbarium of the Belarusian State University. Proceedings of BSTU, issue 1, Forestry. Nature Management. Processing of Renewable Resources, 2024, no. 1 (276), pp. 92–98 (In Russian). DOI: 10.52065/2519-402Х-2024-276-12.

Abstract

The poplar leaf-miner, Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), in Belarus and some other regions of Eurasia is a dangerous pest of poplars, having population outbreaks in green areas. In the Herbarium of the Belarusian State University (MSKU) are stored 276 herbarium sheets with samples of species and forms of poplars (Populus L.), collected since 1948 in different regions of Belarus. A review of the collection revealed the presence of the specific mines of the poplar leaf-miner larvae on the leaf blades of 49 poplar samples. The samples of the white poplars (sect. Populus) did not contain leaves damaged by Ph. populifoliella larvae. Mined leaves were present in collections of the black poplars (sect. Aigeiros) and the balsam poplars (sect. Tacamahaca), and the ones were numerous in collections of intersectional hybrids (nothosect. Tacageiros). For the first time in Belarus, damage by Ph. populifoliella larvae has been registered of the leaf blades of Populus maximowiczii, as well as hybrids Populus × rasumowskiana, Populus בLettland’, Populus laurifolia × Populus balsamifera, Populus maximowiczii × Populus × berolinensis, Populus suaveolens × Populus balsamifera. The high occurrence of samples of P. × berolinensis and P. × rasumowskiana with mined leaf blades corresponds well with observed high damage level of them by poplar leaf-miner in green areas.

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