Insects Feeding
on Eastern Red Cedar
(Juniperus virginiana)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


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

Atimia confusa confusa * **
(Small Cedar Bark Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

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

Semanotus ligneus ligneus * **
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Paria sexnotata
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Contarinia juniperina ***
(Juniper Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Oligotrophus betheli ***
(Juniper Tip Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Eremocoris fera §
(no common name)
Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)

Bolteria luteifrons
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

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

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

Parthenicus juniperi
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

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

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

Banasa packardii
(no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Cinara cupressi
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara juniperi
(Juniper Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

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

Sanbornia juniperi
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Clastoptera arborina
(Red Cedar Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Empoasca junipera §§§
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Scaphoideus opalinus
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Parthenolecanium fletcheri
(Fletcher's Scale)
Coccidae (Soft Scales)

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

Aonidia shastae
(Red Cedar Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Carulaspis juniperi
(Juniper Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

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

Diaspidiotus coniferarum ¶¶
(Conifer Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Paracoccus juniperi
(Juniper Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Monoctenus fulvus
(Juniper Sawfly)
Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)

Coleotechnites obliquistrigella ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Digrammia continuata
(Curve-lined Angle)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Glena plumosaria
(Dainty Gray)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Patalene olyzonaria
(Juniper Geometer)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Callophrys gryneus
(Juniper Hairstreak)
Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies)

Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
(Evergreen Bagworm)
Psychidae (Bagworm Moths)

Eacles imperialis
(Imperial Moth)
Saturniidae (Giant Silk Moths)

Hoplandrothrips juniperinus Þ
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)

Scirtothrips brevipennis
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)

Scolothrips hoodi
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)



* larvae bore through wood or bark, ** oligophagous
*** larvae mine twig tips and buds
§ feeds on seeds, §§ lives under bark
§§§ Eastern Red Cedar is a preferred host plant,
¶ feeds on leaves, ¶¶ found on smaller branches
¶¶¶ larvae mine leaves, Þ found in dead branches


Sources: MacRae (1991),  Yanega (1996),
Clark et al. (2004), Cranshaw (2004), Hoffman (1996),
Wheeler et al. (1983), Rider (accessed 2009),
Pepper (1965), Blackman & Eastop (accessed 2013),
Hamilton (1982), Dmitriev & Dietrich (accessed 2010),
DeLong (1948), ScaleNet (accessed 2014),
Needham et al. (1928), Covell (1984/2005),
Wagner (2005), Bouseman & Sternburg (2001),
Stannard (1968)

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