Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Fagus grandifolia (American Beech) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Yanega, Wagner, Hottes & Frison, Covell, Marshall, Dmitriev & Dietrich, MacRae, Felt, Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Watson, Opler & Krizek, Miller, Pepper, Majka et al., Ford & Jackman, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Anobiidae: Eucrada humeralis [larvae bore through wood] Msh2006; Buprestidae: Actenodes acornis [larvae bore through dead trees] Mcr1991, Agrilus obsoletoguttatus [larvae bore through dead trees] Mcr1991; Cerambycidae: Anthophylax attenuata [larvae bores through decaying logs] Ya1996, Anthophylax viridis Ya1996, Brachyleptura rubrica Ya1996, Dryobius sexnotatus Ya1996, Goes pulverulentus (Living Beech Borer) [larvae bore through heartwood of living trees] Ya1996, Gracilia minuta [larvae bore through dead branches] Ya1996, Leptura emarginata Ya1996, Oplosia nubilus [larvae found under bark of decaying trees] Ya1996, Parandra polita [larvae bore through dead wood] Ya1996, Psyrassa unicolor (The Branch Pruner) [girdles twigs] Ya1996, Sphenostethus taslei Ya1996, Tessaropa tenuipes [larvae bore through small dead branches] Ya1996, Xylotrechus quadrimaculatus (Birch & Beech Girdler) [adults girdle live branches, larvae bore through wood of girdled branches] Msh2006 Ya1996; Curculionidae: Lechriops oculata [polyphagous; this insect is found in E & central USA, SE & south-central Canada] MAM2007; Mordellidae: Hoshihananomia octopunctata [larvae are found in bark of dying trees] FJ1996; Scolytidae: Xyleborus obesus [this insect is found in NE & north-central USA, & SE Canada] MAM2007
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Miastor metraloas [larvae infest leaves] Flt1907
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Blepharidopterus provancheri WHM1983, Ceratocapsus incisus WHM1983, Deraeocoris fasciolus WHM1983, Lygocoris fagi Kn1941 WHM1983 Wat1928, Lygocoris hirticulus WHM1983, Lygocoris omnivagus WHM1983, Plagiognathus dispar WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Grylloprociphilus imbricator (Beech Blight Aphid) [found on undersides of beech leaves, migrating to the roots of Bald Cypress; distributed in E USA, including North Carolina] HF1931 BE2013 Pp1965, Longistigma caryae (Giant Bark Aphid) Pp1965, Phyllaphis fagi (Woolly Beech Aphid) [found on leaf undersides, especially young ones; distributed in E USA & SE Canada, this aphid was introduced from Eurasia] HF1931 BE2013 Pp1965; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura aculeata DD2010, Eratoneura adunca DD2010, Eratoneura carmini DD2010, Eratoneura spala DD2010, Erythridula abolla [polyphagous] DD2010, Erythridula stolata [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula tenebrosa [preferred host plant] DD2010; Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus ancylis (Putnam Scale) [found on leaves, sometimes bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014; Pseudococcidae: Peliococcus serratus (Beech Mealybug) [found in crevices & scarred areas of bark; this insect is widely distributed in NE USA] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Geometridae: Cyclophora pendulinaria (Sweet Fern Geometer) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Venusia comptaria (Brown-Shaded Carpet) Cv2005; Limacodidae: Apoda biguttata (Shagreened Slug) Msh2006, Apoda y-inversum [polyphagous] Cv2005, Euclea delphinii (Spiny Oak Slug) [polyphagous, found in southern IL] Cv2005, Isochaetes beutenmuelleri (Spun Glass Slug) Wg2005, Natada nasoni (Nason's Slug Moth) [polyphagous, found in southern IL] Cv2005, Tortricidia testacea [polyphagous] Cv2005; Lycaenidae: Erora laeta (Early Hairstreak) [this butterfly is found east of Illinois] OK1984; Noctuidae: Acronicta ovata (Ovate Dagger Moth) Wg2005, Baileya ophthalmica (Eyed Baileya) Cv2005, Charada deridens (The Laugher) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Colocasia propinquilinea (Close-Banded Yellowhorn) [polyphagous, found in southern IL] Cv2005, Panopoda rufimargo (Red-Lined Panopoda) Cv2005 Wg2005; Notodontidae: Dasylophia thyatiroides (Gray-Patched Prominent) Wg2005, Lochmaeus bilineata (Double-Lined Prominent) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Lochmaeus manteo (Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar) Wg2005, Oligocentria lignicolor (White-Streaked Prominent) Wg2005, Symmerista canicosta (Red-Humped Oakworm) Wg2005; Saturniidae: Actias luna (Luna Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Sesiidae: Synanthedon scitula (Dogwood Borer Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Tortricidae: Olethreutes fagigemmeana [this moth is found east of Illinois] Mlr1987