Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) [Salicaceae]
(Observations are from Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, Opler & Krizek, Pepper, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chrysomela knabi Clk2004, Chrysomela scripta Clk2004, Plagiodera versicolora Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Pterocomma bicolor [found on bark of twigs & branches, also found on trunks of saplings; distributed in NE USA, north-central USA, & Canada, including Illinois & Ontario] BE2013, Pterocomma smithiae (Black Willow Aphid) Pp1965; Cicadellidae: Erythridula rufostigmosa DD2010, Erythroneura rosa DD2010, 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, 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, Lepidosaphes yanagicola (Winged Euonymus Scale) [found on branches between winged ridges of Euonymus alatus, the preferred host, but it is sometimes found on other plants; this insect occurs in E USA] SN2014, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (White Peach Scale) [polyphagous; this insect is found mostly in E USA, it was introduced from Eurasia] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nymphalidae: Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloark) OK1984