Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Quercus marilandica (Blackjack Oak) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Hottes & Frison, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Needham et al., Gibson)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Metachroma laevicolle Clk2004, Xanthonia striata Clk2004; Curculionidae: Curculio humeralis [feeds on acorns, this insect is found as far north as Missouri & New Jersey] Gib1985, Curculio longidens [feeds on acorns] Gib1985
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Myzocallis punctatus HF1931; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura acantha DD2010, Eratoneura adunca DD2010, Eratoneura alloplana DD2010, Eratoneura brevipes DD2010, Eratoneura externa DD2010, Eratoneura gemina DD2010, Eratoneura gemoides DD2010, Eratoneura havana [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura manus DD2010, Eratoneura marilandicae [preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura propria DD2010, Eratoneura smithi DD2010, Eratoneura staminea DD2010, Eratoneura stephensoni DD2010, Eratoneura tenuitas [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula albescens DD2010, Erythridula lucileae [preferred host plant] DD2010; Diaspididae: Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nepticulidae: Nepticula quercipulchella [leaf-miner, syn. Stigmella quercipulchella, syn. Nepticula quercipulchrella] Ndm1928