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
Species which feed exclusively on Populus
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Populus and other plants
- Batrachedridae
- Batrachedra praeangusta – recorded on white poplar (P. alba) and common aspen (P. tremula)
- Coleophoridae
- Coleophora malivorella
- Coleophora pruniella
- Geometridae
- Agriopis marginaria (dotted border)
- Cabera exanthemata (common wave) – recorded on aspens
- Cabera pusaria (common white wave) – recorded on aspens
- Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn) – recorded on black poplar (P. nigra)
- Crocallis elinguaria (scalloped oak) – recorded on aspens
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
- Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug)
- Lomaspilis marginata (clouded border)
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
- Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
- Selenia tetralunaria (purple thorn) – recorded on black poplar (P. nigra)
- Hepialidae
- Korscheltellus gracilis (conifer swift)
- Sthenopis purpurascens
- Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
- Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
- Noctuidae
- Acronicta leporina (miller)
- Acronicta megacephala (poplar grey)
- Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
- Agrochola circellaris (brick)
- Amphipyra berbera (Svensson's copper underwing) – recorded on aspens
- Amphipyra tragopoginis (mouse moth)
- Catocala cara (darling underwing)
- Catocala junctura (joined underwing) – recorded on Fremont cottonwood (P. fremontii)
- Discestra trifolii (nutmeg)
- Orthosia cerasi (common Quaker)
- Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character)
- Notodontidae
- Furcula bifida (poplar kitten)
- Nadata gibbosa (rough prominent)
- Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)
- Ptilodon capucina (coxcomb prominent)
- Nymphalidae
- Limenitis archippus (viceroy butterfly)
- Limenitis arthemis (American white admiral/red-spotted purple) – prefers quaking aspen (P. tremuloides) over Ontario balsam poplar (P. balsamifera), eastern cottonwood (P. deltoides) and bigtooth aspen (P. grandidentata)
- Nymphalis antiopa (Camberwell beauty/mourning cloak)
- Oecophoridae
- Epicallima formosella – recorded in dead wood of poplars and aspens
- Papilionidae
- Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail) – recorded on cottonwoods
- Papilio rutulus (western tiger swallowtail) – recorded on quaking aspen
- Saturniidae
- Coloradia pandora (Pandora pinemoth) – recorded on aspens
- Pavonia pavonia (emperor moth) – recorded on aspens
- Sphingidae
- Laothoe populi (poplar hawk-moth)
- Smerinthus jamaicensis (twin-spotted sphinx)
External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Populus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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