Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Ribes aureum (Golden Currant) [Grossulariaceae]
(Observations are from Blackman & Eastop, Hottes & Frison, Robinson & Bradley, ScaleNet)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis mimuli [curls young leaves of Ribes spp., migrating during the summer to some herbaceous plants, especially monkeyflowers] BE2013, Aphis oenotherae [found on Ribes spp. as primary hosts, migrating during the summer to evening primrose & willow-herb as secondary hosts] BE2013, Cryptomyzus ribis (Red Currant Aphid) HF1931, Hyperomyzus lactucae (Currant-Sowthistle Aphid) HF1931, Hyperomyzus ribiellus [syn. Hyperomyzus ribiellum] HF1931 RB1965, Myzus persicae (Green Peach Aphid) [polyphagous] HF1931; Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (False San Jose Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in N USA & S Canada, also in Eurasia, where it is native] SN2014, Diaspidiotus perniciosus (San Jose Scale) [usually found on bark, polyphagous, although preferring woody species in the Rosaceae; this insect is widely distributed; syn. Comstockaspis perniciosa, syn. Quadraspidiotus perniciosus] SN2014