Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Quercus prinus (Rock Chestnut Oak) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Funkhouser, Microleps website, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Arment, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Gibson, Opler & Krizek, Pepper, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Curculio strictus [Rock Chestnut Oak is a preferred host, feeds on acorns] Gib1985
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Blepharidopterus provancheri WHM1983, Deraeocoris nebulosus WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Hoplochaitophorus heterotrichus [found on basal portion of lower leaf surfaces, observed in Pennsylvania & New York] BE2013, Hoplochaitophorus quercicola [found on leaves, observed in Illinois & other states] BE2013 Pp1965, Myzocallis discolor Pp1965, Neosymydobius albasiphus Pp1965, Tuberculatus punctatella [syn. Tuberculatus punctatellus] Pp1965; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura carmini DD2010, Eratoneura firma DD2010, Eratoneura impar DD2010, Eratoneura manus DD2010, Eratoneura parva DD2010, Eratoneura propria DD2010, Eratoneura smithi DD2010, Eratoneura tantilla DD2010; Diaspididae: Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014; Membracidae: Atymna querci Fnk1917, Palonica pyramidata Fnk1917
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Marmara fulgidella [larvae are serpentine leaf-miners] Mic2010, Phyllonorycter hagenii [larvae are leaf-miners] Ndm1928; Lycaenidae: Satyrium calanus (Banded Hairstreak) OK1984
Phasmatodea (Walkingsticks)
Diapheromeridae: Diapheromera femorata (Northern Walkingstick) [a preferred host plant] Arm2006