Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.
Salix babylonica is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.
Acronicta connecta, the connected dagger moth, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Great Lakes region to central New England, south to Florida, west to Texas and Utah.
Actebia fennica, the black army cutworm or Eversmann's rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by August Michael Tauscher in 1806. It has a Holarctic distribution from Newfoundland through western Europe, Siberia, the Far East, Mongolia, northern China to Korea and Japan. In North America it is mainly found in the boreal region, south to New England, southern Montana and northern Oregon.
Graphiphora augur, the double dart or soothsayer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in all of Canada and most of the northern parts of the United States, south in the west to California and New Mexico. It is also found throughout Eurasia, from the British Isles and Scandinavia to Siberia and Japan.
Nematocampa resistaria, the filament bearer, bordered thorn or horned spanworm moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It is found in North America from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and California.
Nemoria mimosaria, the white-fringed emerald or flanged looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found from Nova Scotia to south-eastern Alberta, south to Virginia, Illinois, and Texas.
Apotomis infida is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Great Britain east to Russia and from Fennoscandia south to France, Italy and Slovakia. It is also found in North America, where it has been recorded from Michigan, Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, California and Colorado.
Acleris maccana, the marbled dog's-tooth tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1835. It is found from Europe, east across the boreal regions to Siberia. In North America it occurs across much of the boreal forest region, south in the mountains in the east.
Garella nilotica, the black-olive caterpillar or bungee caterpillar, is a moth of the family Nolidae. It was described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1881. It has a pantropical distribution, including the eastern North America, the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula, Australia, Guam, Fiji, Samoa, the Galápagos Islands and the Chagos Archipelago.
Micrurapteryx salicifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
Digrammia gnophosaria, the hollow-spotted angle, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin.
Phytocoris populi is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. It is widespread in Europe but absent from Albania, Andorra, Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands and Iceland. then across the Palearctic to the Russian Far East and Siberia.
Phratora vitellinae, the brassy leaf beetle, formerly Phyllodecta vitellinae, is a beetle of the family Chrysomelidae found in Europe and Asia. It feeds on Populus and Salix species. The evolution of its host plant preferences and the mechanism by which it uses host plant chemicals to make a larval defensive secretion have been the subject of intense study by research groups in Europe and the Nordic countries.
Tuberolachnus salignus, or the giant willow aphid, is a species of aphid, in the genus Tuberolachnus. They are reputed to be the largest aphids, with a body length of up to 5.8mm. First described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1790, it feeds on many species of willow, and has one known specific parasite, Pauesia salignae.
Psallus falleni is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe including the north Mediterranean basin then east across the Palearctic to Siberia and China. It occurs as an adventive species in North America. Psallus falleni lives on birches. The imagines occur relatively late from July to September
Psallus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 170 described species in Psallus.
Psallus variabilis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in the Palearctic and as an adventive species in North America. It feeds on the sap of a variety of forest trees including Quercus, plum and crab apple trees and on rose, raspberry and cranberry.
Anthocoris confusus is a species of minute pirate bug in the family Anthocoridae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
