Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Salix interior (Sandbar Willow) [Salicaceae]
(Observations are from Vestal, Knight, Hottes & Frison, Clark et al., and Dmitriev & Dietrich, Needham et al., Aldrich & Osten-Sacken, Watson, Harms & Grodowitz, Opler & Krizek, O'Brien & Anderson, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Altica bimarginata bimarginata [feeds on leaves] Clk2004 HG2009, Altica prasina prasina (Poplar Flea Beetle) [feeds on leaves] Clk2004 HG2009, Altica subplicata Clk2004, Calligrapha multipunctata Clk2004, Chrysomela knabi (American Willow Leaf Beetle) Clk2004, Chrysomela laurentia Clk2004, Chrysomela scripta Clk2004, Crepidodera luminosa Clk2004, Crepidodera nana Clk2004, Crepidodera sculpturata Clk2004, Crepidodera solita Clk2004, Cryptocephalus leucomelas Clk2004, Disonycha alternata (Striped Willow Leaf Beetle) [feeds on leaves, found in Ontario & elsewhere] Clk2004 HG2009, Disonycha pluriligata Clk2004, Pachybrachis bivittatus [larvae feed on dead & dying leaves] Clk2004, Paria quadriguttata Clk2004, Plagiodera versicolora Clk2004, Tricholochmaea tuberculata Clk2004; Curculionidae: Dorytomus squamosus OA1996, Rhynchaenus ephippiatus [this flea weevil feeds on leaves, syn. Rynchaenus ephippiatus] HG2009, Rhynchaenus niger [this flea weevil feeds on leaves, found in Massachusetts & Ontario; syn. Rynchaenus niger] HG2009, Rhynchaenus rufipes (Willow Flea Weevil) [larvae are leaf-miners, syn. Rynchaenus rufipes] Ndm1928
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Rabdophaga cornuta [larvae reportedly infest galls of R. salicisbrassicoides] AOS1905, Rabdophaga salicisbrassicoides (Willow Cabbage Gall Midge) [larvae form galls at twig tips that are surrounded by clusters of leaves] AOS1905, Rabdophaga salicisnodulus AOS1905
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygidea rosacea Kn1941 Wat1928, Orthotylus basicornis Kn1941, Phytocoris rubellus Kn1941, Plagiognathus flavoscutellatus [found on dense growth of young willows along streams] Kn1941 Wat1928, Plagiognathus salicicola Kn1941, Plagiognathus tinctus Kn1941, Taedia salicis Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Cavariella aegopodii HF1931, Chaitophorus viminalis HF1931; Cicadellidae: Erythridula rufostigmosa DD2010, Erythroneura rosa DD2010, Kybos albolinea [this shrub is a preferred host] 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
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nymphalidae: Limenitis archippus (Viceroy) OK1984; Saturniidae: Callosamia promethea (Promethea Moth) Vst1913
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Heterothrips salicis (Willow Catkin Thrips) [found on male catkins] St1968