Insects Feeding
on Chokecherry
(Prunus virginiana)

 

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


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

Baliosus nervosus
(Basswood Leafminer)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Crepidodera violacea
(Violet Flea Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Eusattodera thoracica
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Contarinia racemi **
(no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Contarinia virginianiae ***
(Chokecherry Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Mycodiplosis thoracica #
(no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Aphis pomi
(Green Apple Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Asiphonaphis pruni ##
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Hysteroneura setariae
(Rusty Plum Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Myzus cerasi
(Black Cherry Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Rhopalosiphum cerasifoliae ##
(Chokecherry Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
(Waterlily Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Rhopalosiphum padi ###
(Bird Cherry / Oat Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Eratoneura rostrata
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Erythridula aspera §
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Erythridula sinua
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Aspidiotus cerasi §§
(Chokecherry Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Chionaspis furfura §§
(Scurfy Bark Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

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

Metarranthis angularia
(Angled Metarranthis)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Argyresthia oreasella §§§
(no common name)
Heliodinidae (Sun Moths)

Satyrium titus
(Coral Hairstreak)
Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies)

Orthosia garmani
(Garman's Quaker)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Limenitis arthemis astyanax
(Red-spotted Purple)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Papilio glaucus
(Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilionidae (Swallowtail Butterflies)

Archips cerasivorana ¶¶
(Ugly Nest Caterpillar)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)



* larvae bore through wood
** larvae form galls on floral racemes
*** larvae feed on fruits
# larvae form galls that leaves fold around
## found on leaves and/or new shoots
### found leaf undersides, causing them to roll
§ Chokecherry is a preferred host plant
§§ found on bark
§§§ larvae mine leaves and/or bore into buds
¶ larvae mine leaves
¶¶ larvae form webs over leaves & eat them

 
Sources: Needham et al. (1928),
Marshall (2006), Clark et al. (2004),
Felt (1917), Hottes & Frison (1931),
Blackman & Eastop (accessed 2013),
Robinson & Bradley (1965),
Dmitriev & Dietrich (accessed 2010),
ScaleNet (accessed 2014), Covell (1984/2005),
Opler & Krizek (1984), Cranshaw (2004)

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