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List of Lepidoptera that feed on poplars
Poplars
,
Populus
species, are used as
food plants
by the larvae of a large number of
Lepidoptera
species:
Monophagous
">phagy">Monophagous
Species which
feed
exclusively
on
Populus
Bucculatricidae
*
Bucculatrix staintonella
Gelechiidae
*
Chionodes
terminimaculella
Drepanidae
*
Tethea ocularis
Polyphagous
">phagy">Polyphagous
Species which feed on
Populus
and other plants
Batrachedridae
*
Batrachedra
praeangusta
- recorded on
white poplar
and
common aspen
Coleophoridae
*
Coleophora
malivorella
*
Coleophora pruniella
Geometridae
*
Agriopis
marginaria
*
Cabera
exanthemata
- recorded on aspens
*
Cabera pusaria
- recorded on aspens
*
Colotois
pennaria
- recorded on
black poplar
*
Crocallis elinguaria
- recorded on aspens
*
Ectropis crepuscularia
*
Epirrita
autumnata
*
Eupithecia subfuscata
*
Lomaspilis marginata
*
Odontopera bidentata
*
Operophtera brumata
*
Selenia tetralunaria
- recorded on black poplar
Hepialidae
*
Korscheltellus
gracilis
*
Sthenopis purpurascens
Lymantriidae
*
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
*
Lymantria dispar
Noctuidae
*
Acronicta
leporina
*
Acronicta megacephala
*
Acronicta psi
*
Agrochola circellaris
*
Amphipyra berbera
- recorded on aspens
*
Amphipyra tragopoginis
*
Catocala
cara
*
Catocala junctura
- recorded on
Fremont cottonwood
*
Discestra
trifolii
*
Orthosia cerasi
*
Orthosia gothica
Notodontidae
*
Furcula
bifida
*
Nadata gibbosa
*
Phalera
bucephala
*
Ptilodon capucina
Nymphalidae
*
Limenitis
archippus
*
Limenitis arthemis
- prefers
quaking aspen
over
Ontario balsam poplar
,
eastern cottonwood
and
bigtooth aspen
*
Nymphalis
antiopa
Oecophoridae
*
Epicallima
formosella
- recorded in
dead wood
of poplars and aspens
Papilionidae
*
Papilio glaucus
- recorded on cottonwoods
*
Papilio rutulus
- recorded on quaking
aspen
Saturniidae
*
Coloradia pandora
- recorded on aspens
*
Pavonia
pavonia
- recorded on aspens
Sphingidae
*
Laothoe
populi
*
Smerinthus jamaicensis