Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Dennis, Marshall, Covell, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Watson, Gibson, Pepper, Robinson & Bradley, Ford & Jackman, Cranshaw, ScaleNet, Nakahara)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Curculio iowensis [feeds on acorns] Gib1985, Curculio strictus [feeds on acorns] Gib1985; Mordellidae: Mordella marginata [larvae are found in bark or wood] FJ1996
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Americodema nigrolineatum [syn. Plagiognathus nigrolineatus] Kn1941 Wat1928, Phytocoris depictus Kn1941, Phytocoris quercicola Kn1941, Reuteria querci Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aetalionidae: Microcentrus perdita Msh2006; Aphididae: Hoplochaitophorus quercicola [found on leaves, observed in Illinois & other states] HF1931 BE2013 RB1965, Lachnus allegheniensis RB1965, Myzocallis discolor HF1931 RB1965, Myzocallis pseudodiscolor [distributed in north-central USA & Manitoba] BE2013, Myzocallis punctatus [syn. Myzocallis punctata] HF1931 Pp1965 RB1965, Myzocallis tuberculatus [distributed in eastern North America, including Illinois & Quebec; syn. Myzocallis tuberculata] BE2013, Neosymydobius albasiphus [distributed in eastern North America, including Illinois] HF1931 BE2013, Neosymydobius mimicus [found in Minnesota & Manitoba] BE2013, Stegophylla davisi [found on leaves of trees in the White Oak group; distributed in eastern North America] BE2013, Stegophylla quercicola (Woolly Oak Aphid) HF1931 RB1965, Tuberculatus punctatellus HF1931; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura accola DD2010, Eratoneura bigemina DD2010, Eratoneura brevipes DD2010, Eratoneura carmini [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura curvata [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura externa DD2010, Eratoneura fergersoni [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura forfex DD2010, Eratoneura guicei [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura haysensis [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura hymac DD2010, Eratoneura impar DD2010, Eratoneura ligata [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura mirifica DD2010, Eratoneura prolixa DD2010, Eratoneura propria DD2010, Eratoneura solita DD2010, Eratoneura tantilla DD2010, Erythridula kanza [polyphagous] DD2010; Diaspididae: Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014; Membracidae: Archasia belfragei [polyphagous] Den1952, Atymna helena Den1952, Atymna querci Den1952, Ceresa bubalus (Buffalo Treehopper) [polyphagous] Den1952, Cyrtolobus discoidalis Den1952, Cyrtolobus fenestrata Den1952, Cyrtolobus fuliginosus Den1952, Cyrtolobus fuscipennis Den1952, Cyrtolobus griseus Den1952, Cyrtolobus inermis Den1952, Cyrtolobus maculifrontis Den1952, Cyrtolobus pallidifrontis Den1952, Cyrtolobus pulchellus Den1952, Cyrtolobus tuberosa Den1952, Cyrtolobus vau Den1952, Enchenopa binotata [polyphagous] Den1952, Entylia bactriana [polyphagous] Den1952, Glossonotus turriculata Den1952, Hadrophallus constans [polyphagous] Den1952, Heliria cristata Den1952, Heliria molaris Den1952, Ophiderma definita Den1952, Ophiderma evelyna Den1952, Ophiderma grisea Den1952, Ophiderma pubescens Den1952, Ophiderma salamandra Den1952, Pubilia concava [polyphagous] Den1952, Smilia camelus Den1952, Stictocephala lutea Den1952, Stictocephala taurina [polyphagous] Den1952, Stictocephala tauriniformis Den1952, Telamona decorata Den1952, Telamona maculata Den1952, Telamona monticola Den1952, Telamona reclivata Den1952, Telamona spreta Den1952, Telamona tiliae [polyphagous] Den1952, Telamona tristis Den1952, Telamona unicolor Den1952, Telamona westcotti Den1952, Vanduzea arquata Den1952, Xantholobus lateralis Den1952, Xantholobus mutica Den1952; Phylloxeridae: Phylloxera querceti [found on leaf undersides, forming yellow spots; observed in Washington, D.C.] BE2013
Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies)
Cynipidae: Disholcaspis quercusmamma (Oak Rough-bullet Gall Wasp) [larvae form galls on twigs] Crw2004
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Cameraria macrocarpella (Bur Oak Leafminer) Ndm1928, Cameraria platanoidiella [leaf-miner] Ndm1928, Phyllonorycter albanotella [leaf-miner] Ndm1928, Phyllonorycter fitchella [leaf-miner] Ndm1928; Noctuidae: Catocala amica (Girl Friend Underwing) Cv2005, Catocala ilia (Ilia Underwing) Cv2005
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Thrips calcaratus [polyphagous, feeds on buds & leaves] Nk1994