What Black Poplar supports

88 native animals
supported in the US

56 caterpillars 3 hosts 29 food

Caterpillars All

56 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

• Willow Leafcone Caterpillar Moth Caloptilia stigmatella
• Hornet Moth Sesia apiformis
• Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
• Dusky Clearwing Moth Paranthrene tabaniformis
• Viceroy Limenitis archippus
• Herald Moth Scoliopteryx libatrix
• Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea
• Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua

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Hosted animals All

3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

• Pacific Flat-Headed Borer Chrysobothris mali
• Granulate Poplar Borer Agrilus granulatus
• Plum Beetle Tetrops praeustus

Plant eaters All

29 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

• Poplar Gall Aphid Pemphigus bursarius
• Small Poplar Borer Saperda populnea
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Poplar Shoot Aphid Chaitophorus populeti
• Tachyerges salicis

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