Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar) [Cupressaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, Hottes & Frison, Knight, Bouseman & Sternburg, Wagner, Marshall, Rider, Yanega, Clark et al., Dmitriev & Dietrich, Hoffman, Stannard, DeLong, Covell, MacRae, Cranshaw, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Watson, Hamilton, Opler & Krizek, Pepper, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Chrysobothris neotexana [larvae bore through dead trunks or dead branches] Mcr1991; Cerambycidae: Atimia confusa confusa (Small Cedar Bark Borer) [larvae bore under bark, oligophagous] Ya1996, Callidium frigidum [larvae bore under bark, oligophagous] Ya1996, Semanotus ligneus ligneus [oligophagous] Ya1996; Chrysomelidae: Paria sexnotata Clk2004; Curculionidae: Phyllobius intrusus (Arborvitae Weevil) [larvae feed on roots, adults feed on tips of young foliage; Thuja occidentalis is a preferred host] Crw2004
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Oligotrophus betheli (Juniper Tip Midge) [larvae are found in tip-buds of young twigs, developing galls] Crw2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Eremocoris fera [eats seeds] Hof1996; Miridae: Bolteria luteifrons WHM1983, Dichrooscytus elegans Kn1941 WHM1983, Dichrooscytus repletus Kn1941 WHM1983, Parthenicus juniperi Kn1941 Wat1928 WHM1983, Phytocoris junipericola Kn1941 WHM1983, Pilophorus juniperi WHM1983; Pentatomidae: Banasa packardii Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Cinara cupressi Pp1965, Cinara juniperi (Juniper Aphid) Pp1965, Cinara juniperivora [living under bark of trunk & branches] BE2013 HF1931, Sanbornia juniperi [distributed throughout E USA] BE2013 Pp1965; Cercopidae: Clastoptera arborina (Red Cedar Spittlebug) [found in Iowa, Ontario, & North Carolina] Hm1982; Cicadellidae: Empoasca junipera [this tree is a preferred host] DD2010, Scaphoideus opalinus Dlg1948; Coccidae: Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Fletcher's Scale) Crw2004; Diaspididae: Acutaspis morrisonorum (Round Conifer Scale) [found in E USA & SE Canada] SN2014, Aonidia shastae (Red Cedar Scale) [feeds on needles; found in Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, & several western states in the USA] SN2014, Carulaspis juniperi (Juniper Scale) [causes foliage to turn yellow & fall off, found mostly on Juniperus spp.; this insect is widely distributed in NE & north-central USA] SN2014, Chionaspis pinifoliae (Pine Needle Scale) [found on needles; this insect is widely distributed throughout the USA] SN2014, Diaspidiotus coniferarum (Conifer Scale) [found on smaller branches; this insect is widely scattered in the USA, occurring in Indiana, Kansas, & Virginia] SN2014; Pseudococcidae: Paracoccus juniperi (Juniper Mealybug) [found on foliage; this insect is widely distributed] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gelechiidae: Coleotechnites obliquistrigella [needle-miner] Ndm1928; Geometridae: Digrammia continuata (Curve-Lined Angle) [syn. Semiothisa continuata] Cv2005, Glena plumosaria (Dainty Gray) Wg2005, Patalene olyzonaria (Juniper Geometer) Wg2005; Lycaenidae: Callophrys gryneus (Juniper Hairstreak) Bar1999 BS2001 Msh2006 Wg2005 OK1984; Psychidae: Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Evergreen Bagworm) Cv2005; Saturniidae: Eacles imperialis (Imperial Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Hoplandrothrips juniperinus [found in dead branches] St1968, Scirtothrips brevipennis [observed in IL, oligophagous] St1968 Van1974, Scolothrips hoodi St1968