Insects Feeding
on Silver Maple
(Acer saccharinum)
 

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Buprestis rufipes *
(Red-legged Buprestis)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Chrysobothris femorata *
(Flat-headed Apple Tree Borer)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Dasineura aceris
(no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Coccobaphes frontifer
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Lygocoris hirticulus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Lygocoris vitticollis
(Y-crossed Cream Bug)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Drepanaphis acerifoliae ***
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis monelli
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis saccharini ***
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Neoprociphilus aceri
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Prociphilus tessellatus
(Woolly Alder Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Pterocomma smithiae
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Chionaspis acericola
(Maple Scurfy Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Diaspidiotus ancylis §
(Putnam Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Diaspidiotus perniciosus §§
(San Jose Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Melanaspis tenebricosa §§
(Gloomy Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Phenacoccus acericola §§§
(Maple Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Pseudococcus maritimus §§§
(Grape Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Caloptilia bimaculatella #
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Cameraria aceriella #
(Maple Leafblotch Miner Moth)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Phyllonorycter clemensella #
(Clemen's Maple Leafminer Moth)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Phyllonorycter lucidicostella #
(Lesser Maple Leafblotch Miner Moth)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Phyllonorycter trinotella #
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Paraclemensia acerifoliella ##
(Maple Leafcutter Moth)
Incurvariidae (Leafcutter Moths)

Bomolocha baltimoralis
(Baltimore Bomolocha)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Proteoteras moffatiana ###
(Maple Bud Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Vasates quadripedes ¶ ?
(Maple Bladder Gall Mite)
Eriophyidae (Gall Spider Mites)
 

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* larvae bore through wood
** larvae form galls on leaves
*** Silver Maple is a preferred host plant
§ usually found on leaves, §§ found on wood
§§§ found on foliage
# larvae mine or roll leaves
## larvae cut leaves
### larvae bore into buds & shoots
¶ forms small pouch-like galls on leaves
? this is a spider mite, not an insect

Sources: MacRae (1991), Aldrich & Osten-Sacken (1905),
Watson (1928), Wheeler et al. (1983), Hottes & Frison (1931),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), ScaleNet (accessed 2014),
Microleps website (accessed 2010), Needham et al. (1928),
Wagner (2005), Miller (1987), Wilhelm & Rericha (2017)

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