Gray Poplar

Populus × canescens

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Not native

Not native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 3 Arkansas counties.

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194CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Populus

Limenitis archippusViceroy
Limenitis arthemisRed-spotted Purple
Nymphalis antiopaMourning Cloak
Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
Acronicta impressaImpressive Dagger, Printed Dagger
Acronicta insularisHenry's Marsh Moth, Cattail Caterpillar

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Acronicta lepusculinaCottonwood Dagger
Acronicta longaLong-Winged Dagger, Darkish Dagger
Acronicta noctivagaNight-Wandering Dagger, Burglar Dagger
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Actias lunaLuna Moth
Agonopterix argillaceaClay-Colored Agonopterix
Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
Americerura scitiscriptaBlack-Etched Prominent
Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
Amphipyra glabellaSmooth Amphipyra
Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
Anarta trifoliiThe Nutmeg, Clover Cutworm
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Anisota virginiensisPink-striped Oakworm Moth
Antaeotricha leucillanaWell-Marked Leaf Tier, Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth
Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips fervidanaOak Webworm Moth
Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
Argyrotaenia marianaGray-Banded Leafroller Moth
Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
Automeris ioIo Moth
Besma quercivorariaOak Besma
Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
Caloptilia stigmatellaPoplar Caloptilia
Campaea perlataPale Beauty, Fringed Looper
Catocala amatrixThe Sweetheart, Sweetheart Underwing
Catocala blandulaCharming Underwing
Catocala caraDarling Underwing
Catocala carissimaCarissima Underwing Moth, Southern Darling Underwing
Catocala cerogamaYellow-Banded Underwing
Catocala concumbensSleepy Underwing, Pink Underwing
Catocala juncturaJoined Underwing, Arizonia Underwing
Catocala marmorataMarbled Underwing
Catocala meskeiMeske's Underwing
Catocala unijugaOnce-Married Underwing
Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
Celypha nr.Celypha Moth
Cenopis pettitanaMaple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
Chaetaglaea sericeaSilky Sallow
Charadra deridensThe Laugher
Chlosyne nycteisSilvery Checkerspot
Choristoneura fumiferanaSpruce Budworm Moth
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Choristoneura zapulataZapulata Moth
Clostera albosigmaSigmoid Prominent
Clostera inclusaAngle-Lined Prominent, Poplar Tent Maker, Poplar Leaf-Tier
Coelodasys apicalisPlain Schizura
Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
Colocasia propinquilineaClosebanded Yellowhorn
Condylorrhiza vestigialisThe Alamo Moth
Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
Drepana arcuataArched Hooktip, Masked Birch Caterpillar
Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
Epimecis hortariaTulip-Tree Beauty
Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Euchlaena deductariaForked Euchlaena
Euchlaena irrariaLeast-Marked Euchlaena
Euchlaena tigrinariaMotted Euchlaena
Eucirroedia pampinaScalloped Sallow
Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
Eupsilia sidusSidus Sallow
Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
Euzophera semifuneralisAmerican Plum Borer
Furcula cinereaGray Furcula
Gesta icelusDreamy Duskywing
Glena cribratariaDotted Gray
Gluphisia septentrionisCommon Gluphisia
Gypsonoma fasciolanaWillow-and-Poplar Leatroller
Gypsonoma haimbachianaCottonwood Twig Borer
Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
Haploa contiguaThe Neighbor
Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
Lacinipolia lustralisLustral "Mamestra"
Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
Lithophane bethuneiBethune's Pinion
Lithophane groteiGrote's Pinion, Green Fruit Worm
Lithophane petulcaWanton Pinion
Lomographa semiclarataBluish Spring Moth, Wildcherry Looper
Lycia ypsilonWoolly Gray
Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
Macrurocampa marthesiaMottled Prominent
Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
Megalopyge crispataBlack-Waved Flannel Moth, Crinkled Flannel Moth
Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
Melanolophia signatariaSignate Melanolphia
Meroptera pravellaLesser Aspen Webworm
Metanema inatomariaPale Metanema
Metarranthis duariaRuddy Metarranthis
Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
Nycteola frigidanaFrigid Baileya, Frigid Nycteola, Frigid Owlet
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
Olethreutes fasciatanaBanded Olethreutes
Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock Moth
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
Orthosia revictaSubdued Quaker
Orthosia rubescensRuby Quaker
Pachysphinx modestaModest Sphinx, The Big Poplar Sphinx
Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain Leafroller
Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Papilio cresphontesEastern Giant Swallowtail
Paranthrene dolliiPoplar Borer
Paranthrene tabaniformisDusky Clearwing
Parasa chlorisSmaller Parasa, Green Slug Moth
Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
Pero morrisonariaMorrison's Pero
Phaeoura quernariaOak Beauty Moth
Pheosia rimosaBlack-Rimmed Prominent, Mirrowbacked Caterpillar
Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
Plagodis phlogosariaStraight-Lined Plagodis
Plagodis serinariaLemon Plagodis
Pococera aplastellaAspen Webworm Moth
Pococera asperatellaMaple Webworm
Polygonia interrogationisQuestion Mark
Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
Protitame virginalisVirgin Moth
Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray, Dashedlined Looper
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
Psilocorsis quercicellaOak Leaftier
Psilocorsis reflexellaDotted Leaftier Moth
Pyromorpha dimidiataOrange-Patched Smoky Moth
Pyrrhia ciliscaAmerican Bordered Sallow, Noble Sun Moth
Pyrrhia exprimensPurple-Lined Sallow, Purple-Lined Sun Moth
Raphia fraterThe Brother, Yellow-Marked Caterpillar
Rheumaptera prunivorataFerguson's Scallop Shell, Cherry Scallop Shell
Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Scoliopteryx libatrixThe Herald
Selenia kentariaKent's Geometer
Semioscopis inornataDull Flatbody Moth
Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
Sphinx chersisGreat Ash Sphinx
Sphinx kalmiaeFawn Sphinx, Laurel Sphinx
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Sunira bicoloragoBicolored Sallow
Synanthedon acerrubriRed Maple Borer, Maple Clearwing
Taniva albolineanaSpruce Needleminer Moth
Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Tolype velledaLarge Tolype, Large Lappet Moth, Vellada Lappet Moth
Xystopeplus rufagoRed-Winged Sallow
Zale minereaColorful Zale
Zanclognatha jacchusalisWavy-Lined Zanclognatha, Wavy-Lined Fan-Foot
Zanclognatha marcidilineaYellowish Fan-Foot
Anania extricalis
Bucculatrix staintonella
Dichomeris ventrellus
Framinghamia helvalis
Meroptera abditiva
Rhopobota finitimana

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

9BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Populus

Alectoris chukarChukar
Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
Lagopus lagopusWillow Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaRock Ptarmigan
Pheucticus ludovicianusRose-breasted Grosbeak
Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification