Insects Feeding
on Virginia Creeper
(Parthenocissus quinquefolia)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Saperda puncticollis *
(Woodbine Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Altica chalybea **
(Grape Flea Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Altica woodsi
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Fidia longipes
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Fidia viticida
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Madarellus undulatus
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Anomala lucicola **
(Light-loving Grapevine Beetle)
Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Popillia japonica **
(Japanese Beetle)
Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Metopomyza scutellata ***
(no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)

Nemorimyza posticata ***
(no common)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)

Dasineura pathenocissi §
(Woodbine Vein Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Taedia casta
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Euschistus servus
(Brown Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Hymenarcys nervosa
(no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Aphis folsomii **
(Virginia Creeper Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Erasmoneura vulnerata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura comes
(Grape Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura elegans
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura tricincta
(Three-banded Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura ziczac
(Virginia Creeper Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Lepidosaphes ulmi §§
(Oystershell Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Telamona ampelopsidis
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Chnaurococcus trifolii §§§
(Clover Root Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Heliococcus osborni
(Osborn Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Prodecatoma cooki
(Woodbine Seed Wasp)
Eurytomidae (Eurytomid Wasps)

Eulithis diversilineata
(Lesser Grapevine Looper)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Eulithis gracilineata
(Greater Grapevine Looper)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Phyllocnistis ampelopsiella ***
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Antispila ampelopsifoliella ***
(no common name)
Heliozelidae (Shield-bearer Moths)

Alypia octomaculata
(Eight-spotted Forester)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Eudryas grata
(Beautiful Wood Nymph)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Albuna fraxini ¶¶
(Virginia Creeper Clearwing)
Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)

Amphion nessus
(Nessus Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Darapsa myron
(Virginia Creeper Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Deidama inscripta
(Lettered Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Eumorpha achemon
(Achemon Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Eumorpha pandorus
(Pandorus Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Sphecodina abbottii
(Abbott's Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Harrisina americana
(Grapeleaf Skeletonizer)
Zygaenidae (Burnet Moths)

Liothrips russelli **
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)



* larvae bore through wood, ** feeds on foliage
*** larvae are leaf-miners
§ larvae form swollen midribs on leaves
§§ found on bark, §§§ found on roots
¶ larvae eat seeds
¶¶ larvae tunnel into stems & roots



Sources: Yanega (1996), Clark et al. (2004),
Majka et al. (2007), Vestal (1913),
Cranshaw (2004), Needham et al. (1928),
Felt (1917), Knight (1941),
Rider (accessed 2009), Pepper (1965),
Dmitriev & Dietrich (accessed 2010),
Milne & Milne (1980), ScaleNet (accessed 2014),
Dennis (1952), Covell (1984/2005),
Wagner (2005), Stannard (1968)

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