Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Salix caprea (Goat Willow) [Salicaceae]
(Observations are from Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Plagiodera versicolora Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Plocamaphis flocculosa [found on the trunk & branches of Salix discolor in Illinois; this aphid occurs mostly in Europe & western North America; Salix caprea is a host plant in Europe] BE2013; Cicadellidae: Empoasca andresia DD2010, Erythroneura rosa 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 gigas (Eurasian Willow Scale) [this insect is found in SE Canada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, some western states in the USA, & Eurasia] 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