Brachylomia populi

Brachylomia populi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Brachylomia
Species: B. populi
Binomial name
Brachylomia populi
Strecker, 1898
Synonyms
  • Cleoceris populi
  • Brachylomia albidior
  • Brachylomia contracta

Brachylomia populi is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the inland mountains of western North America, from British Columbia and Alberta in, south through Colorado and Utah into Arizona.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

Larvae feed on leaves of cottonwood and aspen in the Populus genus and are also reported on Quercus species.

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