Insects Feeding
on Populus spp.
(Aspen, Poplar, Cottonwood)

Insect Species
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Insect Family
Agrilus horni*
(Aspen Root Girdler)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Agrilus liragus*
(Bronze Poplar Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Chrysobothris femorata*
(Flat-Headed Appletree Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Descarpentriesina cyanipes*
(syn. Poecilonota cyanipes)
(Eastern Poplar Buprestid)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Dicerca divaricata*Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Dicerca tenebrica*
(Flat-Headed Poplar Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Anoplophora glabripennis*
(Asian Long-Horned Beetle)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Grammoptera exigua*Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Grammoptera subargentata*Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Judolia montivagens montivagens*Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Oberea delongi*
(Poplar Twig Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Oberea schaumii*
(Poplar Branch Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Plectrodera scalator*
(Cottonwood Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Saperda calcarata*
(Poplar Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Saperda inornata*
(Poplar-Gall Saperda)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Xylotrechus annosus annosus*Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Cryptorhynchus lapathi*
(Poplar & Willow Borer)
Curculionidae
(Weevils)
Polydrusus impressifrons
(Pale Green Weevil)
Curculionidae
(Weevils)
Aphis maculata
(Spotted Poplar Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Chaitophorus populicola
(Poplar Leaf Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Chaitophorus stevensisAphididae
(Aphids)
Pachypappa pseudobyrsaAphididae
(Aphids)
Pemphigus bursarius
(Lettuce Root Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Pemphigus populiglobuli**Aphididae
(Aphids)
Pemphigus populi-transversusAphididae
(Aphids)
Pterocomma smithiae
(Black Willow Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Thecabius populiconduplifolius
(Folded-Leaf Poplar Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Lepyronia gibbosaCercopidae
(Spittlebugs)
Idiocerus lunarisCicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Kybos copulaCicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Palonica tremulataMembracidae
(Treehoppers)
Orthotylus candidatusMiridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes populiMiridae
(Plant Bugs)
Brochymena quadripustulata
(Four-Humped Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae
(Stink Bugs)
Trichosoma triangulumCimbicidae
(Cimbicid Sawflies)
Messa populifoliella §Tenthredinidae
(Sawflies)

*larvae bore through wood, **forms galls on leaves,
§ larvae are leaf-miners

Note:
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
and Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
have been excluded from this table.

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