Insects Feeding
on Red Maple
(Acer rubrum)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Baliosus nervosus *
(Basswood Leafminer Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

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

Phytobia setosa ***
(Red Maple Cambrium Borer)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)

Acericecis ocellaris §
(Ocellate Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Dasinura communis §
(Maple Gouty Vein-gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

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

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

Drepanaphis acerifoliae §§
(Painted Maple Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis carolinensis §§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis nigricans §§§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Drepanaphis parva §§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

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

Eratoneura macra
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula hamata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Pulvinaria acericola §§
(Cottony Maple Leaf Scale)
Coccidae (Scale Insects)

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

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

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

Hadrophallus constans
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Stictocephala palmeri
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Stictocephala taurina
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Telamona decorata
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Macaria pustularia ##
(Lesser Maple Spanworm)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Xanthotype sospeta
(Crocus Geometer)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Cameraria aceriella *
(Maple Blotch Leafminer)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Glaucolepis saccharella *
(Maple Serpentine Leafminer)
Nepticulidae (Midget Moths)

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

Hypena baltimoralis
(Baltimore Hypena)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Parallelia bistriaris ##
(Maple Looper)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Catastega aceriella ¶¶
(Maple Trumpet Skeletonizer)
Tortricidae (Tortrix 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 are leaf-miners
** adults feed on leaves, larvae feed on roots
*** larvae bore through wood
§ larvae form galls on leaves, §§ found on leaves
§§§ found on young shoots, ¶ found on bark
¶¶ larvae skeletonize leaves
¶¶¶ larvae feed in buds & shoots
# forms galls on leaves
## Red Maple is a preferred host
### this is a spider mite, not an insect


Sources: Wilhelm & Rericha (2017), Majka et al. (2007),
Spencer & Steyskal (1986), Aldrich & Osten-Sacken (1905),
Cranshaw (2004), Knight (1941), Watson (1928),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), Pepper (1965),
Dmitriev & Dietrich (2010), ScaleNet (2014),
Dennis (1952), Wagner (2005), Covell (1984/2005),
Needham et al. (1928), Miller (1987)

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