Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Prunus mahaleb (Mahaleb Cherry) [Rosaceae]
(Observations are from Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Tricholochmaea cavicollis Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Myzus lythri [curls apical leaves of cherry trees, migrating during the summer to the aerial parts of Lythrum spp. & Epilobium spp.; this Eurasian aphid has been found in Washington, D.C.] BE2013, Phorodon humuli (Damson-Hop Aphid) [causes slight leaf curl on plum & cherry trees, migrating during the summer to the leaf undersides, flowers, & fruits of hops; this aphid has been found in Quebec, but it occurs mostly in Eurasia & western North America] BE2013; Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus perniciosus (San Jose Scale) [usually found on bark, polyphagous, although preferring woody species in the Rosaceae; this insect is widely distributed; syn. Comstockaspis perniciosa, syn. Quadraspidiotus perniciosus] SN2014