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 Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix staintonella Gelechiidae Chionodes terminimaculella Drepanidae Tethea ocularis (figure of eighty) 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 Populus +Lepidoptera