[2] The species name populata derives from the Latin word populus, meaning poplar, as a food plant for the caterpillar.

[3] Eulithis populata is a Holarctic species found in North America, Europe, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the Urals, Siberia, Russian Far East, and North Mongolia.

[4] These moths usually inhabits blueberry and mixed forests, peat moorland, wetlands and grassland.

In their typical resting position of the adults, the end of the abdomen is bent slightly upwards.

[5] Alternative food plants are Vaccinium uliginosum, Ribes rubrum, Salix , Betula and Populus tremula.