Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Ribes rubrum (Red Currant) [Grossulariaceae]
(Observations are from Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Tricholochmaea ribicola Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Cryptomyzus ribis (Currant Aphid) [forms gall-like swellings on leaves of Ribes spp., migrating during the summer to the stems & leaves of Stachys spp.; this aphid was probably introduced into North America from Europe] BE2013; 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, Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (White Peach Scale) [polyphagous; this insect is found mostly in E USA, it was introduced from Eurasia] SN2014