Moth Caterpillars Feeding
on Populus spp.
(Aspen, Poplar, Cottonwood)

Moth Species
Scientific NameCommon Name
Acossus centerensis*Poplar Carpenterworm
Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger Moth
Acronicta dactylinaFingered Dagger Moth
Acronicta lepusculinaCottonwood Dagger Moth
Acronicta noctivagaNight-Wandering Dagger Moth
Anathix putaPuta Sallow
Cabera erythemariaYellow-Dusted Cream Moth
Catocala amatrixThe Sweetheart
Catocala briseisBriseis Underwing
Catocala concumbensSleepy Underwing
Catocala partaMother Underwing
Catocala relictaWhite Underwing
Catocala unijugaOnce-Married Underwing
Choristoneura conflictanaLarge Aspen Tortrix
Clostera albosigmaSigmoid Prominent
Clostera apicalisToothed Clostera
Clostera inclusaAngle-Lined Prominent
Dasychira vagansVariable Tussock Moth
Diachrysia ballucaGreen-Patched Looper
Ectodemia populellaAspen Petiole Gall Moth
Euchlaena irrariaLeast-Marked Euchlaena
Euchlaena tigrinariaMottled Euchlaena
Furcula borealisWhite Furcula
Furcula cinereaGray Furcula
Gluphisia lintneriLintner's Gluphisia
Gluphisia septentrionalisCommon Gluphisia
Gypsonoma haimbachiana*Cottonwood Twig Borer
Homoglaea hircinaGoat Sallow
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Moth
Ipimorpha pleonectusaEven-Lined Sallow
Leucoma salicisSatin Moth
Lithomoia germanaAmerican Brindle
Lobophora nivigerataPowdered Bigwig
Lomographa semiclarataBlue Spring Moth
Lymantria disparGypsy Moth
Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
Metanema determinataDark Metanema
Metanema inatomariaPale Metanema
Misogada unicolorDrab Prominent
Nephopterix basilaris
(syn. Sciota basilaris)
Pyralid Moth sp.
Nycteola frigidanaFrigid Owlet
Odontosia elegansElegant Prominent
Pachysphinx modestaBig Poplar Sphinx
Paonias excaecatusBlinded Sphinx
Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
Paranthrene tabaniformis*Dusky Clearwing
Pheosia rimosaBlack-Rimmed Prominent
Phyllocnistis populiellaPoplar Serpentine Leafminer
Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth
Phyllonorycter apparellaAspen Leaf Blotch Miner
Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth
Protitame virginalisVirgin Moth
Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray
Pseudosciaphila duplexSpotted Aspen Leafroller
Raphia fraterThe Brother
Schizura concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar
Scoliopteryx libatrixThe Herald
Sesia tibialis*Poplar Clearwing
Sicya maculariaSharp-Lined Yellow
Smerinthus cerisyiOne-Eyed Sphinx
Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
Sphinx kalmiaeLaurel Sphinx
Xylena curvimaculaDot-and-Dash Swordgrass Moth
Zale minereaColorful Zale

*bores into wood

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