Plants: Salicaceae
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This list has been taken from the 'Hosts of British Leaf-mining insect fauna' (© Brian Pitkin and Colin Plant) and is a precusor to AIDGAP keys to Leaf Miners. Please credit the authors when quoting from this list and email any additions, corrections or comments to Colin Plant.

Populus species:

Col: Isochnus populicola, Ramphus pulicarius
Lep: Caloptilia stigmatella

Populus alba (White Poplar):

Dip: Agromyza albitarsis
Lep: Caloptilia stigmatella, Phyllonorycter comparella, Stigmella assimilella
Hym: Messa glaucopis

Populus canescens (Grey Poplar):

Lep: Ectoedemia turbidella, Phyllocnistis xenia, Phyllonorycter comparella

Populus nigra (Black Poplar):

Dip: Agromyza albitarsis, Aulagromyza populi, Aulagromyza populicola
Lep: Phyllocnistis unipunctella, Stigmella trimaculella
Hym: Messa glaucopis, Messa hortulana

Populus tremula (Aspen):

Dip: Agromyza albitarsis, Aulagromyza tremulae
Col: Zeugophora flavicollis, Zeugophora subspinosa, Zeugophora turneri
Lep: Ectoedemia argyropeza, Leucoptera sinuella, Phyllonorycter sagitella, Phyllonorycter salicicolella, Phyllonorycter salictella, Stigmella assimilella
Hym: Heterarthrus ochropoda, Messa glaucopis

Populus x italica (Lombardy Poplar):

Lep: Phyllocnistis unipunctella, Stigmella trimaculella

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