Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Rosa rugosa (Beach Rose) [Rosaceae]
(Observations are from Hottes & Frison, Blackman & Eastop, ScaleNet)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Chaitosiphon fragaefolii HF1931, Metopolophium dirhodum (Rose-Grass Aphid) [found on roses as primary hosts, migrating during the summer to the leaves of various grasses, and some sedges & rushes, as secondary hosts] BE2013, Rhodobium porosum (Yellow Rose Aphid) [especially common on cultivated roses; found in Illinois, Tennessee, & North Carolina; syn. Rhodobium porosus] HF1931; Disaspididae: Aulacaspis rosae (Rose Scale) [found near the crown of the host plant & other areas, preferring Rosa spp. & Rubus spp.; this insect is widely distributed in NE USA, north-central USA, & SE Canada] SN2014, Diaspidiotus perniciosus (San Jose Scale) [usually found on stems, 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 woody stems, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014