Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Salix amygdaloides (Peach-Leaved Willow) [Salicaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Dmitriev & Dietrich, and Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, Harms & Grodowitz, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Altica bimarginata bimarginata [feeds on leaves] Clk2004 HG2009, Calligrapha multipunctata Clk2004, Chrysomela knabi Clk2004, Chrysomela lineatopunctata Clk2004, Chrysomela scripta Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Agnocoris rubicundus Kn1941, Lygidea salicis Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Chaitophorus pusillus [found on leaves] HF1931 BE2013; Cicadellidae: Kybos patula DD2010; Diaspididae: Chionaspis salicis (Willow Scurfy Scale) [found mainly on twigs & branches; this insect is polyphagous, although it prefers Salix spp. & Populus spp.; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014