Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Aesculus glabra (Ohio Buckeye) [Hippocastanaceae]
(Observations are from Osborn & Drake, Hottes & Frison, Microleps website, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Stannard, Clark et al., Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Pepper, ScaleNet, Wilhelm & Rericha)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Derocrepis aesculi Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Tingidae: Corythucha aesculi (Buckeye Lace Bug) [found on leaf undersides] OD1916 WR2017
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Drepanaphis monelli [found on leaves, especially yellowed ones] HF1931 BE2013 Pp1965; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura bifida [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura fulleri [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura protuma [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura rubranotata [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula aesculella [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula crevecoeuri [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula eluta [polyphagous] DD2010, Erythridula idonea DD2010, Erythridula lemnisca DD2010, Erythridula rubroscuta [preferred host plant] DD2010; Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus ancylis (Putnam Scale) [found on leaves, sometimes bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014; Memberacidae: Entylia carinata [found on primary rachis of inflorescence] WR2017
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Cameraria aesculisella (Horse Chestnut Leafminer) [larvae are blotch leaf-miners] Mic2010 Ndm1928
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Heterothrips aesculi [found on flowers] St1968