Insects Feeding
on American Persimmon
(Diospyros virginiana)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Agrilus diospyroides * **
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Oncideres cingulata cingulata
(The Twig Girdler)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Sternidius punctatus **
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Anomoea laticlavia
(no common name)
Chrysomeliidae (Leaf Beetles)

Colaspis favosa
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Cryptocephalus guttulatus
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Erythridula cuneata *
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Diaspidiotus osborni
(Osborn Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
(White Peach Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Dysmicoccus morrisoni
(Morrison Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Pseudococcus maritimus
(Grape Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Anacamptodes humaria
(Small Purplish Gray)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Exelis pyrolaria
(Fine-lined Gray)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Coptodisca diospyriella * §
(no common name)
Heliozelidae (Shield-bearer Moths)

Phobetron pithecium
(Hag Moth)
Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)

Catocala piatrix
(The Penitent)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Harrisimemna trisignata
(Harris' Three-Spot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Hypsoropha hormos *
(Small Necklace Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Hypsoropha monilis *
(Large Necklace Moths)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Schizura concinna
(Red-humped Caterpillar)
Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Schizura unicornis
(Unicorn Caterpillar)
Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Citheronia regalis
(Regal Moth)
Saturniidae (Giant Silk Moths)

Eumarozia malachitana §§
(Sculptured Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

 

* oligophagous, ** larvae bore through wood
§ larvae are leaf-miners
§§ larvae feed within rolled leaves
 
Sources: MacRae (1991), Yanega (1996),
Clark et al. (2004), Dmitriev & Dietrich (accessed 2010),
ScaleNet (accessed 2014), Covell (1984/2005),
Needham et al. (1928), Wagner (2005), Miller (1987)

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