Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Betula nigra (River Birch) [Betulaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Pepper, Spencer & Steyskal, ScaleNet)
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Phytobia betulivora (Birch Cambium Miner) [larvae bore through stems & branches; found in Kansas, Illinois, New York, Washington DC, & Canada] SS1986
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Deraeocoris poecilus WHM1983, Plagiognathus atricornis WHM1983, Plagiognathus similis Kn1941 WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Calaphis betulella [found on leaf undersides] HF1931 BE2013 Pp1965, Calaphis neobetulella [found on leaf undersides, observed from New Jersey to North Carolina] BE2013, Hamamelistes spinosus (Witch Hazel Spiny Gall Aphid) [forms spiny galls on buds of Witch Hazel, migrating to the twigs of birch during the winter & moving to the undersides of birch leaves during the spring] HF1931 BE2013, Hormaphis hamamelidis (Witch Hazel Cone Gall Aphid) [forms conical galls on leaves of Witch Hazel, migrating to the leaf undersides of River Birch; syn. Hormaphis cornu] BE2013 Pp1965, Symydobius americanus HF1931; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura linea [the preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura nigriventer [the preferred host plant] DD2010; Diaspididae: Chionaspis acericola (Maple Scurfy Scale) [found in Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, & Pennsylvania; prefers Acer spp. as host plants] SN2014, Diaspidiotus ancylis (Putnam Scale) [found on leaves, sometimes bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Diaspidiotus juglansregiae (English Walnut Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Diaspidiotus uvae (Grape Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous, although Vitis spp. are preferred hosts; this insect occurs in E USA] SN2014, Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014