Food Plant: Populus nigra (Black Poplar) and var.italica (Lombardy Poplar), P x canadensis (Canadian Poplar), P x canadensis 'Robusta' , P.alba (White Poplar) Elsewhere:), P.angustifolia, P. balsamifera (Balsam Poplar) , P x canescens (Grey Poplar), P. carolinensis, P.simonii (Simon's Poplar),P.suaveolens (Mongolian Poplar), P.tremula (Aspen), P.trichocarpa (Black Cottonwood)

Egg: Either side of leaf

Mine: end of June - July, September - October

Notes: A gallery leading to a blotch. The larva is greenish-yellow, head brown.

Bradley No: 73

National Status: Common

Data: 15.x.2007, Dogmersfield, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds