Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen) [Salicaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Clark et al., Dennis, Microleps website, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Marshall, Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Altica bimarginata Clk2004, Chrysomela crotchi [preferred host plant] Clk2004, Chrysomela knabi Clk2004, Chrysomela laurentia [Salix spp. are preferred host plants] Clk2004, Chrysomela lineatopunctata Clk2004, Chrysomela scripta Clk2004, Crepidodera decora Clk2004, Crepidodera digna Clk2004, Crepidodera heikertingeri Clk2004, Crepidodera populivora Clk2004, Crepidodera solita Clk2004, Gonioctena americana Clk2004, Phratora purpurea Clk2004, Tricholochmaea decora Clk2004, Zeugophora puberula Clk2004, Zeugophora scutellaris Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Orthotylus candidatus Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis maculatae HF1931, Chaitophorus populicola HF1931, Chaitophorus stevensis HF1931; Cicadellidae: Kybos copula DD2010; Membracidae: Palonica tremulata Den1952
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Batrachedridae: Batrachedra praeangusta [larvae feed on female catkins & leaf buds] Mic2010; Geometridae: Euchlaena irraria (Least-Marked Euchlaena) Cv2005, Euchlaena tigrinaria (Mottled Euchlaena) Cv2005, Lobophora nivigerata (Powdered Bigwig) [preferred host plant] Cv2005, Protitame virginalis (Virgin Moth) Cv2005; Noctuidae: Anathix puta (Puta Sallow) [found in northern IL] Cv2005, Catocala relicta (White Underwing) Cv2005, Diachrysia balluca (Green-Patched Looper) Msh2006