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Insects Feeding
on these Plants:

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Castanea mollissima
(Chinese Chestnut) [Fagaceae]
(observations are from Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Gibson, Spencer & Steyskal)

Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Curculio caryatrypes [feeds on nuts] Gib1985

Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Japanagromyza viridula [larvae are blotch leaf-miners; widespread in NE & Midwest USA] SS1986

Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Deraeocoris nebulosus WHM1983, Phytocoris confluens WHM1983

Homoptera (Sucking Insects)

Phylloxeridae: Phylloxera castaneae [found in NE USA, including Washington, D.C.] BE2013
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