Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Populus deltoides (Eastern Cottonwood) [Salicaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Microleps website, Clark et al., Covell, MacRae)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Dicerca tenebrica (Flat-Headed Poplar Borer) Mcr1991; Chrysomelidae: Altica bimarginata Clk2004, Altica prasina Clk2004, Chrysomela crotchi Clk2004, Chrysomela knabi Clk2004, Chrysomela scripta Clk2004, Crepidodera solita Clk2004, Crepidodera vaga Clk2004, Cryptocephalus leucomelas Clk2004, Plagiodera versicolora Clk2004, Tricholochmaea decora Clk2004, Zeugophora scutellaris Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lopidea cuneata Kn1941, Lygocoris hirticulus Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Asiphon pseudobyrsa HF1931, Chaitophorus populicola HF1931, Chaitophorus populifolii HF1931, Chaitophorus stevensis HF1931, Mordvilkoja vagabunda HF1931, Pemphigus nortonii HF1931, Pemphigus populicaulis HF1931, Pemphigus populi-transversus HF1931, Pemphigus populivenae HF1931, Prociphilus americanus HF1931, Pterocomma smithiae HF1931; Cicadellidae: Kybos copula DD2010, Kybos obtusa [preferred host plant] DD2010, Kybos trifasciata [preferred host plant] DD2010
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Caloptilia stigmatella [leaf-roller] Mic2010, Phyllocnistis populiella [larvae are serpentine leaf-miners] Mic2010, Phyllonorycter apparella [larvae are blotch or tentiform leaf-miners] Mic2010; Lyonetiidae: Paraleucoptera albella [leaf-miner] Mic2010; Noctuidae: Catocala amatrix (The Sweetheart) [preferred host plant] Cv2005