Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Quercus stellata (Post Oak) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Clark et al., Dmitriev & Dietrich, Covell, Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Gibson, Opler & Krizek, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetle)
Chrysomelidae: Paria opacicollis Clk2004; Curculionidae: Curculio humeralis [feeds on acorns, this insect is found as far north as Missouri & New Jersey] Gib1985, Curculio iowensis [feeds on acorns] Gib1985, Curculio strictus [feeds on acorns] Gib1985
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Atractotomus miniatus Kn1941, Lygocoris geneseensis Kn1941, Neocapsus cuneatus Kn1941, Plagiognathus modestus WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Neosymydobius albasiphus [distributed in eastern North America, including Illinois & Ontario] BE2013 HF1931, Neosymydobius memorialis [found in Illinois] BE2013 HF1931, Neosymydobius quercihabitus [distributed in E USA, including Maryland & Massachusetts] BE2013, Stegophylla davisi [found on leaves of trees in the White Oak group; distributed in eastern North America] BE2013, Stegophylla quercicola [found on leaves of oaks that are primarily in the White Oak group; distributed in eastern North America] BE2013 HF1931; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura abjecta DD2010, Eratoneura acantha DD2010, Eratoneura bigemina DD2010, Eratoneura brevipes DD2010, Eratoneura carmini DD2010, Eratoneura externa DD2010, Eratoneura firma DD2010, Eratoneura gilesi DD2010, Eratoneura igella [the preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura impar DD2010, Eratoneura inepta [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura inksana DD2010, Eratoneura interna DD2010, Eratoneura longa DD2010, Eratoneura maga DD2010, Eratoneura manus DD2010, Eratoneura millsi [the preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura pamelae DD2010, Eratoneura parva [the preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura parvipes DD2010, Eratoneura patris DD2010, Eratoneura propria DD2010, Eratoneura solita DD2010, Eratoneura tammina [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura tantilla [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura ungulata [a preferred host plant] DD2010; Diaspididae: Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014; Phylloxeridae: Phylloxera rileyi [found on leaf undersides, causing white or yellow spots; observed in Missouri] BE2013
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Erynnis horatius (Horace's Duskywing) [red oak group preferred] OK1984; Lycaenidae: Fixsenia favonius ontario (Northern Hairstreak) OK1984; Noctuidae: Catocala similis (Similar Underwing) Cv2005