Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Castanea pumila (Allegheny Chinkapin) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Gibson, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Curculio caryatrypes [feeds on nuts] Gib1985
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygocoris omnivagus WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Diaspididae: Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014; Phylloxeridae: Phylloxera castaneae [found in NE USA, including Washington, D.C.] BE2013