Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) [Cornaceae]
(Observations are from Wagner, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Covell, MacRae, Needham et al., Felt, Wheeler et al., Opler & Krizek, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Chrysobothris femorata (Flat-Headed Apple Tree Borer) [larvae bore through wood of dead or living trees] Mcr1991; Chrysomelidae: Capraita circumdata [feeds on petaloid bracts, polyphagous] Clk2004, Systena corni Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Resseliella clavula (Dogwood Club Gall Midge) [larvae form club-shaped galls on twigs] Flt1917
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Plagiognathus cornicola WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Eratoneura lata [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythroneura bidens [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythroneura ontari [a preferred host plant] DD2010; Diaspididae: Chionaspis corni (Dogwood Scurfy Scale) [found on branches, causing dieback; this insect occurs in NE USA, north-central USA, & Ontario] SN2014, Chionaspis lintneri (Lintner Scurfy Scale) [this insect is found in E USA & SE Canada] SN2014, Melanaspis tenebricosa (Gloomy Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014; Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus maritimus (Grape Mealybug) [found on foliage, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Heliozelidae: Antispila cornifoliella [leaf-miner] Ndm1928; Lycaenidae: Celastrina ladon (Spring Azure) [feeds on flower buds, observed in Virginia] OK1984; Thyatiridae: Euthyatira pudens (Dogwood Thyatirid) [the preferred host plant] Cv2005 Wg2005