Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Populus nigra (Black Poplar) [Salicaceae]
(This includes Lombady Poplar, Populus nigra italica. Observations are from Hottes & Frison, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, Opler & Krizek, Pepper, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Altica prasina Clk2004, Chrysomela knabi Clk2004, Chrysomela scripta Clk2004, Plagiodera versicolora Clk2004, Tricholochmaea decora Clk2004, Zeugophora scutellaris Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Chaitophorus populicola HF1931, Pemphigus bursarius (Lettuce Root Aphid) [poplar is a winter host] Pp1965, Pterocomma medium Pp1965, Thecabius affinis (Poplar-Buttercup Aphid) [syn. Thecabius populiconduplifolius, galls are formed by folding poplar leaves, migrating during the summer to the roots of buttercups; this aphid is found in NE USA, upper north-central USA, & Canada] BE2013, Thecabius lysimachiae [forms galls by folding & convoluting poplar leaves, migrating during the summer to Moneywort; this Eurasian aphid has been found in New York] BE2013; Cicadellidae: Kybos copula DD2010, Kybos patula DD2010, Kybos trifasciata DD2010; Diaspididae: Chionaspis salicis (Willow Scurfy Scale) [found mainly on twigs & branches; this insect is polyphagous, although it prefers Salix spp. & Populus spp.; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Diaspidiotus gigas (Eurasian Willow Scale) [this insect is found in SE Canada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, some western states in the USA, & Eurasia] SN2014, Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (False San Jose Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in N USA & S Canada, also in Eurasia, where it is native] SN2014, Diaspidiotus perniciosus (San Jose Scale) [usually found on bark, polyphagous, although preferring woody species in the Rosaceae; this insect is widely distributed; syn. Comstockaspis perniciosa, syn. Quadraspidiotus perniciosus] SN2014, Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nymphalidae: Limenitis archippus (Viceroy) OK1984