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Poplars / aspens / cottonwoods

  • Latin name: Populus sp.
  • French name: Peuplier
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Description
Insects and mites

Insects that cause damage to this tree.

Ashflower gall

Scientific name: Eriophyes fraxiniflora Felt

Birch and alder flea weevil

Scientific name: Rhynchaenus testaceus (Mull)

Carpenterworm

Scientific name: Prionoxystus robiniae (Peck)

Cottonwood crown borer

Scientific name: Sesia tibialis (Harris)

Fall cankerworm

Scientific name: Alsophila pometaria [Harris]

Galls of hardwoods

Scientific name: Eriophyes sp.

Cones or seeds

Orange tortrix

Scientific name: Argyrotaenia citrana (Fernie)

Foliage or buds

Asian longhorned beetle

Scientific name: Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)

  • Revision 2024

Bruce spanworm complex

Scientific names:
  • Operophtera bruceata (Hulst)
  • Operophtera danbyi (Hulst)
  • Operophtera occidentalis (Hulst)
  • Revision 2025

Fall cankerworm

Scientific name: Alsophila pometaria [Harris]

Orange tortrix

Scientific name: Argyrotaenia citrana (Fernie)

Poplar bud gall mite

Scientific name: Aceria parapopuli (Keif.)

Red-barred tortrix

Scientific name: Ditula angustiorana (Haworth)

Rusty tussock moth

Scientific name: Orgyia antiqua (L.)

  • Revision 2025

Spongy moth

Scientific name: Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus)

  • Revision 2024

Uglynest caterpillar

Scientific name: Archips cerasivorana (Fitch)

Roots, bark, stem or trunk, or branches

Asian longhorned beetle

Scientific name: Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)

  • Revision 2024

Aspen carpenterworm

Scientific name: Acossus populi (Walker)

European elm bark beetle

Scientific name: Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham)

  • Revision 2025

Fall cankerworm

Scientific name: Alsophila pometaria [Harris]

Poplar bud gall mite

Scientific name: Aceria parapopuli (Keif.)

Poplar carpenterworm

Scientific name: Acossus centerensis [Lint.]

Rusty tussock moth

Scientific name: Orgyia antiqua (L.)

  • Revision 2025

Uglynest caterpillar

Scientific name: Archips cerasivorana (Fitch)

Diseases caused by pathogens

Diseases caused by pathogens that cause damage to this tree.

Foliage or buds

Marssonina leaf spot

Pathogen name: Marssonina populi (Lib.) Magnus

Roots, bark, stem or trunk, or branches

Armillaria root rot

Pathogen name: Armillaria mellea complexe

Cytospora canker

Pathogen name: Cytospora chrysosperma (Pers.) Fr.

  • Revision 2024

Hardwood Trunk Rot

Pathogen name: Phellinus igniarius (L.:Fr.) Quél.

Nectria canker

Pathogen name: Neonectria ditissima (Tul. & C. Tul.) Samuels & Rossman

  • Revision 2024

Ostreatus white spongy rot

Pathogen name: Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.:Fr.) P. Kumm.

Pinicola brown crumbly rot

Pathogen name: Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.:Fr.) P. Karst.

Sterile conk trunk rot of birch

Pathogen name: Inonotus obliquus (Pers.:Fr.) Pilát

Stringy Butt Rot

Pathogen name: Perenniporia subacida (Peck) Donk

Sulphureus brown cubical rot

Pathogen name: Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.:Fr.) Murrill

White mottled rot

Pathogen name: Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.

White spongy trunk rot of hardwoods

Pathogen name: Spongipellis delectans (Peck) Murrill