Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Aesculus spp. (Buckeye) [Hippocastanaceae]
(Observations are from Yanega, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Wheeler et al., Miller, Cranshaw, ScaleNet, Wilhelm & Rericha)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Maculurges regularis [larvae bore through branches, syn. Lepturges regularis] Ya1996; Scarabaeidae: Popillia japonica (Japanese Beetle) [adults skeletonize foliage] WR2017
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Hyaliodes vitripennis WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Empoasca recurvata [polyphagous] DD2010, Eratoneura aesculi [preferred host plants] DD2010, Eratoneura bifida DD2010, Eratoneura bigemina DD2010, Eratoneura concisa [polyphagous] DD2010, Eratoneura fulleri DD2010, Eratoneura protuma DD2010, Eratoneura rubranotata DD2010, Eratoneura tersa DD2010, Erythridula crevecoeuri [preferred host plants] DD2010, Erythridula idonea DD2010, Erythridula lemnisca DD2010, Erythridula rubroscuta DD2010; Diaspididae: Clavaspis ulmi (Elm Armored Scale) [usually found on rough bark, preferring Ulmus spp. as host plants; this insect occurs in E USA & Ontario] SN2014, Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (False San Jose Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in N USA & S Canada, also in Eurasia, where it is native] SN2014; Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus acericola (Maple Mealybug) [this insect is found in north-central and NE USA] Crw2004, Pseudococcus comstocki (Comstock Mealybug) [found on foliage, including lower side of leaves; polyphagous, feeding on woody vegetation; this insect is widely distributed in NE & north-central USA, it is also found in Ontario] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Tortricidae: Olethreutes ochrosuffusanum [larvae feed within folded leaves] Mlr1987, Proteoteras aesculana (Maple Twig Borer Moth) [larvae feed in shoots, petioles, & seeds] Mlr1987