Leaf Beetles Feeding
on Populus spp.
(Poplar, Aspen, Cottonwood)

Leaf Beetle Species
Altica bimarginata*
Chrysomela crotchi* **
(Aspen Leaf Beetle)
Chrysomela knabi*
Chrysomela laurentia*
Chrysomela lineatopunctata*
Chrysomela scripta*
(Cottonwood Leaf Beetle)
Crepidodera decora*
Crepidodera digna*
Crepidodera heikertingeri*
Crepidodera populivora*
Crepidodera solita*
Cryptocephalus leucomelas
Gonioctena americana*
(American Aspen Beetle)
Phratora purpurea*
Tricholochmaea decora*
(syn. Pyrrhalta decora)
(Gray Willow Leaf Beetle)
Tricholochmaea perplexa
Zeugophora puberula*
Zeugophora scutellaris*

*found on Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)
**Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen) is the preferred host

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