Host plants:
Poplars and willows, especially aspen (Populus tremula).
Habitat:
Laothoe amurensis inhabits wet woodland, river valleys, lake shores and similar places.
Life cycle:
The pupa hibernates and the moths occur between May and July in a single generation. The larvae live mainly between early July and early September.
Remarks:
Laothoe amurensis occurs from Finland and the eastern Baltic eastward to Central Asia and North China.