Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from the Microleps website, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Needham et al., Aldrich & Osten-Sacken, Gibson)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Paria opacicollis Clk2004; Curculionidae: Curculio nasicus [feeds on acorns] Gib1985
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Polystepha pilulae [larvae form warty galls on leaves] AOS1905
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Eratoneura alicia [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura amethica [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura arpegia [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura confirmata [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura econa [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura harnedi DD2010, Eratoneura imbricariae [the preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura lenta DD2010, Eratoneura metopia [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura tenuitas DD2010, Eratoneura trivittata [the preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula albescens DD2010, Erythridula cornipes DD2010
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Phyllonorycter aeriferella [larvae are leaf-miners] Ndm1928, Phyllonorycter basistrigella [larvae are tentiform leaf-miners] Mic2010; Tischeriidae: Coptotriche castaneaeella [larvae are trumpet leaf-miners, syn. Tischeria castaneaeella] Mic2010 Ndm1928, Coptotriche citrinipennella [larvae mine leaves along their margins] Mic2010