Insects Feeding
on Sugar Maple
(Acer saccharum)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Actenodes acornis *
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

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

Glycobius speciosus *
(Sugar Maple Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Phyllobius oblongus **
(European Snout Weevil)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Dasineura communis ***
(Maple Gouty Vein-gall Midge)
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)

Plagiognathus flavipes
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Drepanaphis acerifoliae
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis carolinensis
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis choanotricha
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis kanzensis
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis keshenae
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis minuta
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis monelli
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis nigricans
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis sabrinae
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis simpsoni
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Myzocallis punctatus
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Neoprociphilus aceris
(Woolly Maple Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Periphyllus americanus
(American Maple Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Periphyllus lyropictus
(Norway Maple Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Pterocomma smithiae
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Therioaphis ononidis
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Eratoneura fausta
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura flexibilis &
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura harpola
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura incondita &
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura knighti &
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura macra
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura rotunda &
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura sancta &
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura sandersoni
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura spala
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura trautmanae
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula cruciformis
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula parsoni
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Enchenopa binotata
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Telamona decorata
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

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

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

Diaspidiotus juglansregiae §§
(English Walmut Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Lepidosaphes ulmi §§
(Oystershell Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Lopholeucaspis japonica
(Japanese Maple Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Phenacoccus acericola §
(Maple Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Phenacoccus grandicarpus §§
(Large-bodied Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Phenacoccus hortonarum §§
(Horton's Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Caulocampus acericaulis §§§ &
(Maple Petiole Borer)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Besma endropiaria
(Straw Besma)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Caloptilia packardella
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Caloptilia umbratella
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Cameraria aceriella ¶¶
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Cameraria saccharella ¶¶
(Maple Leaf Blotch Miner Moth)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Phyllonorycter lucidicostella ¶¶
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Glaucolepis saccharella ¶¶
(Maple Serpentine Leaf Miner Moth)
Nepticulidae (Midget Moths)

Acronicta retardata
(Retarded Dagger Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Peridea basitriens
(Oval-based Prominent)
Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Symmerista leucitys
(Orange-humped Mapleworm)
Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Catastega aceriella ¶¶¶
(Maple Leaf Skeletonizer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

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

Thrips calcaratus ##
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)

Aceria elongatus ###
(Red Pile Mite)
Eriophyidae (Gall Mites)

Aceria modestus ###
(Green Pile Mite)
Eriophyidae (Gall Mites)

Vasates aceriscrumena ###
(Maple Spindle Gall Mite)
Eriophyidae (Gall Mites)



* larvae bore through wood, ** adults feed on leaves
*** larvae form galls on leaves
§ found on leaves or mostly on leaves
§§ found on or under wood
§§§ larve bore through petioles of leaves
¶ larvae are leaf-rollers, ¶¶ larvae are leaf-miners
¶¶¶ larvae skeletonize leaves
# larvae bore through buds & shoots
## feeds on buds & leaves, ### forms galls on leaves
& Sugar Maple is the preferred host plant. 

Sources: MacRae (1991), Yanega (1996),
Wilhelm & Rericha (2017), Cranshaw (2004),
Knight (1941), Hottes & Frison (1931),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), Pepper (1965),
Dmitriev & Dietrich (2010), Dennis (1952),
ScaleNet website (accessed 2010),
Covell (1984/2005), Wagner (2005),
Microleps website (accessed 2010),
Needham et al. (1928), Miller (1987),
Nakamura (1994) 

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