Insects Feeding
on Pine Trees
(Pinus spp.)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Buprestis lineata *
(Lined Buprestis)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Chalcophora virginiensis *
(Flat-headed Pine Heartwood Borer)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Chrysobothris cribaria *
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Acmaeops discoidea
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Amniscus sexguttata *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Arhopalus foveicolle *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Arhopalus rusticus obsoletus *
(no common  name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Asemum striatus *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Brachyleptura champlaini
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Callidium schotti *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Callidium violaceus *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Ceratographis biguttata *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Clytus marginicollis *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Cyrtophorus verrucosum *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Distenia undata
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Eupogonius tomentosa
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Goes pulverulentus *
(Living Beech Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Gnathacmaeops pratensis
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Heterachthes ebenus *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Leptura plebeja
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Leptura subhamata *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Monochamus carolinensis *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Monochamus mutator *
(Spotted Pine Sawyer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Monochamus notatus *
(Northeast Sawyer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Monochamus scutellatus scutellatus *
(White-spotted Sawyer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Monochamus titillator *
(Southern Pine Sawyer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Neacanthocinus obsoletus *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Phymatodes testaceus *
(Tanbark Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Prionus pocularis *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Rhagium inquisitor *
(Ribbed Pine Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Sachalinobia rugipennis rugipennis
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Stictoleptura canadensis
(Red-shouldered Pine Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Spondylis upiformis
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Strangalepta pubera
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Tetropium schwarzianum
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Tilloclytus geminatus *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Tragosoma depsarius *
(Hairy Pine Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Tylocerina nodosus *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Typocerus lugubris
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Typocerus sparsus *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Xylotrechus sagittatus sagittatus
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Xylotrechus schaefferi Þ
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Cimberis elongata ÞÞ
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Hylobius congener
(Seedling Debarking Beetle)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Hylobius pales *
(Pale's Weevil)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Hylobius radicis
(Pine Root Collar Beetle)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Ips calligraphus
(Six-spined Engraver)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Ips grandicollis
(Southern Pine Engraver)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Ips pini *
(Pine Engraver)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Magdalis perforata
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Pissodes approximatus *
(Northern Pine Weevil)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Pissodes nemorensis
(Eastern Pine Weevil)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Pissodes strobi ##
(White Pine Weevil)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Crypturgus borealis
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Dendroctonus valens *
(Red Turpentine Beetle)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Dryocoetes autographus
(Hairy Spruce Bark Beetle)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Hylurgops porculus
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Hylurgops rugipennis pinifex
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Orthotomicus caelatus
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Phloeosinus pini
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Tomicus piniperda * ##
(Common Pine Shoot Beetle)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Xyleborinus saxeseni
(Fruit-tree Pinhole Borer)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Cecidomyia piniinopis **
(Gouty Pitch Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Cecidomyia resinicola **
(Pine Pitch Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Eremocoris depressus ***
(no common name)
Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)

Alepidiella heidemanni
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Ceratocapsus barbatus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Ceratocapsus luteus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Deraeocoris albigulus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Deraeocoris nigritulus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Deraeocoris nubilus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Dichrooscytus rufipennis
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Dichrooscytus suspectus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Eustictus grossus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Lepidopsallus claricornis
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Phoenicocoris gracilis
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Phoenicocoris rostratus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Phytocoris angustifrons
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Phytocoris conspersipes
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Phytocoris fenestratus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Phytocoris mundus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Phytocoris pinicola
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Phytocoris uniformis
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Pilophorus amoenus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Pilophorus crassipes
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Pilophorus gracilis
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Pilophorus laetus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Pilophorus uhleri
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Pinophylus carneolus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Platylygus luridus
(Pine Conelet Bug)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Coenus delius
(no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

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

Euschistus tristigmus tristigmus
(Dusky Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Euschistus variolarius
(One-spotted Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Tetyra bipunctata ***
(Shield-backed Pine Seed Bug)
Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)

Pineus boerneri §
(no common name)
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Pineus floccus ¶¶
(no common name)
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Pineus pinifoliae ¶¶
(Pine Leaf Adelgid)
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Pineus strobi §
(Pine Bark Adelgid)
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Cinara atlantica §§ §§§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara banksiana §§
(Jack Pine Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara canatra §
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara gracilis
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara harmonia §§§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara nigra §
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara parvicornis §§§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara pergandei § §§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara pinea §§
(Large Pine Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara pini
(Scots Pine Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara piniradicis
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara pinivora §
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara rigidae
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara russellae §§§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara taedae
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara watsoni §§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Essigella alyeska ¶¶
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Essigella pini ¶¶
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Eulachnus agilis ¶¶
(Spotted Pine Needle Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Eulachnus americanus
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Eulachnus rileyi ¶¶
(Pine Needle Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Mindarus abietinus
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Prociphilus carolinensis
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Prociphilus crataegistrobi
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Prociphilus piniradicivorus § ¶
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Schizolachnus parvus ¶¶
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Schizolachnus piniradiatae ¶¶
(Woolly Pine Needle Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Aphrophora cribata
(Pine Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Aphrophora gelida
(Boreal Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Aphrophora saratogensis §
(Saratoga Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Clastoptera obtusa
(Alder Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Empoasca coccinea
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula abolla
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Toumeyella pini §
(Striped Pine Scale)
Coccidae (Soft Scales)

Acutaspis morrisonorum
(Round Conifer Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Chionaspis heterophyllae ¶¶
(Pine Scurfy Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Chionaspis pinifoliae ¶¶
(Pine Needle Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Diaspidiotus juglansregiae §
(English Walnut Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Diaspidiotus mccombi
(McComb Pine Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Dynaspidiotus abietis
(no common name)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Dysmicoccus milleri §
(Miller Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Oracella acuta § §§§
(Acute Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Pseudococcus comstocki ¶¶
(Comstock Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Diprion similis ###
(Introduced Pine Sawfly)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion abbotii ###
(no common name)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion compar ###
(no common name)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion excitans ###
(Black-headed Pine Sawfly)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion hetricki ###
(no common name)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion lecontei ###
(Red-headed Pine Sawfly)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion nannulus ###
(no common name)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion pinetum ###
(White Pine Sawfly)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion pratti ###
(Virginia Pine Sawfly)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion sertifer
(European Pine Sawfly)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion taedae ###
(Spotted Loblolly Pine Sawfly)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Neodiprion virginiana ###
(no common name)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Acantholyda angulata ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Acantholyda atripes ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Acantholyda circumcincta ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Acantholyda erythrocephala ÞÞÞ
(Pine False Webworm)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Acantholyda maculiventris ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Acantholyda ruficeps ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Acantholyda tesselata ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Acantholyda zappei ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Cephalcia marginata ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Sirex areolatus *
(no common name)
Siricidae (Horntail Wasps)

Sirex edwardsii *
(no common name)
Siricidae (Horntail Wasps)

Sirex nigricornis *
(no common name)
Siricidae (Horntail Wasps)

 Urocerus albicornis *
(White-horned Horntail)
Siricidae (Horntail Wasps)

Urocerus cressoni *
(no common name)
Siricidae (Horntail Wasps)

Xyela alpigena ««
(no common name)
Xyelidae (Dagger-tail Sawflies)

Xyela bakeri ««
(no common name)
Xyelidae (Dagger-tail Sawflies)

Xyela gallicaulis ##
(no common name)
Xyelidae (Dagger-tail Sawflies)

Xyela minor ««
(no common name)
Xyelidae (Dagger-tail Sawflies)

Xyela obscura ««
(no common name)
Xyelidae (Dagger-tail Sawflies)

Xyela styrax ««
(no common name)
Xyelidae (Dagger-tail Sawflies)

Givera anna
(Anna Carpenterworm)
Cossidae (Carpenter Moths)

Exoteleia pinifoliella «
(Pine Needleminer)
Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Anacamptodes vellivolata
(Large Purplish Gray)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Hydriomena transfigurata
(Transfigured Hydriomena)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Hypagyrtis esther
(Esther Moth)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Macaria bisignata
(Red-headed Inchworm)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Macaria transitaria
(Blurry Chocolate Angle)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Protoboarmia porcelaria
(Porcelain Gray)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Callophrys niphon
(Eastern Pine Elfin)
Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies)

Acronicta oblinita
(Smeared Dagger Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Anomogyna badicollis
(Northern Variable Dart)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Elaphria versicolor
(Variegated Midget)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Feralia comstocki
(Comstock's Sallow)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Feralia jocosa
(Jocose Sallow)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Feralia major
(Major Sallow)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Zale helata
(Brown-spotted Zale)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Zale metatoides
(Washed-out Zale)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Zale obliqua
(Oblique Zale)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Panthea acronyctoides
(Black Zigzag)
Pantheidae (Pantheid Moths)

Panthea furcilla
(Eastern Panthea)
Pantheidae (Pantheid Moths)

Dioryctria zimmermani *
(Zimmerman Pine Moth)
Pyralidae (Snout Moths)

Pococera robustella
(Pine Webworm)
Pyralidae (Snout Moths)

Synanthedon pini *
(Pitch Mass Borer Moth)
Sesiidae (Clear-winged Moths)

Lapara bombycoides ###
(Northern Pine Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Lapara coniferarum ###
(Pine Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Amorbia humerosana
(White-lined Leafroller Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Choristoneura fumiferana
(Spruce Budworm)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Choristoneura pinus
(Jack Pine Budworm)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Corticivora clarki
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Cydia inopiosa *
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Cydia toreuta ¶¶¶
(Eastern Pine Seedworm)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Eucosma gloriola ##
(Eastern Pine Shoot Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Eucosma monitorana Þ
(Red Pine Cone Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Eucosma tocullionana Þ
(White Pine Cone Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Retinia albicapitana #
(Northern Pitch Twig Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Rhyacionia adana #
(Adana Pine Tip Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Rhyacionia buoliana ##
(European Pine Shoot Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Rhyacionia busckana #
(Red Pine Tip Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Rhyacionia frustrana ##
(Nantucket Pine Tip Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Rhyacionia granti #
(Jack Pine Tip Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Rhyacionia sonia #
(Yellow Jack Pine Tip Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Zelleria haimbachi ÞÞÞ
(no common name)
Yponomeutidae (Ermine Moths)

Melanoplus punctulatus
(Pinetree Spur-throated Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Oecanthus pini
(Pine Tree Cricket)
Gryllidae (Crickets)



* larvae bore through wood or bark
** larvae develop in pine pitch
*** feeds on seeds, § found on twigs, branches, & bark
§§ found on new growth, §§§ found at needle bases
¶ found on roots, ¶¶ found on needle-like leaves
¶¶¶ larvae feed on seeds
# larvae feed on terminal growth
## larvae tunnel into shoot tips
### larvae feed on needle-like leaves
Þ larvae bore into cones,
ÞÞ larvae & adults feed on pollen
ÞÞÞ larvae form webs over leaves
« larvae mine into needle-like leaves
«« larvae feed on staminate cones

 
Sources: Yanega (1996), Marshall (2006),
Cranshaw (2004), Majka et al. (2007), Hoffman (1996),
Knight (1941), Rider (accessed 2009),
Blackman & Eastop (accessed 2013), Pepper (1965),
Hamilton (1982), Dmitriev & Dietrich (accessed 2010),
ScaleNet (accessed 2014), Smith (2006),
Covell (1984/2005), Wagner (2005), Miller (1987),
Microleps (accessed 2010), Capinera et al. (2004),
Wheeler et al. (1983), Needham et al. (1928),
Lattin (1964), Robinson & Bradley (1965),
MacRae (1991), Hottes & Frison (1931),
Watson (1928), Dennis (1952)

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