Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Gibson, Pepper, Cranshaw, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Curculio longidens [feeds on acorns] Gib1985, Curculio nasicus [feeds on acorns] Gib1985
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygocoris omnivagus Kn1941, Myiomma cixiiforme WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Myzocallis neoborealis [distributed in E USA & Canada, including Pennsylvania] BE2013, Myzocallis walshii Pp1965; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura stannardi DD2010, Eratoneura stephensoni DD2010; Diaspididae: Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014
Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies)
Cynipidae: Amphibolips confluenta (Spongy Oak Apple Gall Wasp) [larvae form large galls on leaves & petioles] Crw2004, Callirhytis quercuspunctata (Gouty Oak Gall Wasp) [larvae form galls on twigs] Crw2004; Tenthredinidae: Caliroa quercuscoccineae (Scarlet Oak Sawfly) [larvae skeletonize leaves] Crw2004
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moth)
Nepticulidae: Nepticula latifasciella [leaf-miner, syn. Stigmella latifasciella] Ndm1928