cell below the surface, near its host plant. It has a short cremaster. Adult Although they emerge late at night or early in the morning, the moth flies starting from the second night and is strongly attracted to light. Having no functional proboscis, it does not feed. Host plants Laothoe populi feeds mainly on poplar and aspen, but sometimes on willow, alder, apple, tomato, birch, elm, oak and ash. The food source used by the moth often depends on location. Subspecies Laothoe populi populi Laothoe populi lappona (Rangnow, 1935) Notes References External links Poplar Hawk-moth on UKMoths Description in Richard South The Moths of the British Isles Lepiforum e.V. Laothoe (moth) Moths described in 1758 Moths of Asia Moths of Europe Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus