Insects Feeding
on Musclewood
(Carpinus caroliniana)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

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

Dicerca lurida *
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Astylopsis macula **
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Hyperplatys maculata
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Rhynchaenus mixtus ***
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Dasineura pudibunda §
(no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

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

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

Lygocoris carpini
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Reuteria fuscicornis
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Macrosiphum carpinicolens §§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Clastoptera obtusa §§§
(Alder Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Eratoneura aculeata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura carmini
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura dira
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura direpta #
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura gemina
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura misera
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura spala
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura tersa
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura triangulata #
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula eluta
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula minuta
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula modica #
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula stolata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula tenebrosa
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Chionaspis americana ¶
(Elm Scurfy Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Chionaspis gleditsiae
(Honey Locust Scurfy Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Xiphydria champlaini ¶¶
(no common name)
Xiphydriidae (Wood Wasps)

Xiphydria scafa ¶¶
(no common name)
Xiphydriidae (Wood Wasps)

Cameraria hamadryadella ¶¶¶
(Solitary Oak Leafminer)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

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

Apoda biguttata
(Shagreened Slug Moth)
Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)

Natada nasoni
(Nason's Slug Moth)
Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)

Prolimacodes badia
(Skiff Moth)
Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)

Nepticula corylifoliella ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Nepticulidae (Midget Moths)

Nepticula quadrinotata ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Nepticulidae (Midget Moths)

Acronicta laetifica
(Pleasant Dagger Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Baileya ophthalmica
(Eyed Baileya)
Nolidae (Tufted Moths)

Papilio glaucus
(Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilionidae (Swallowtail Butterflies)

Laothoe juglandis
(Walnut Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

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* larvae bore through dead trees
** larvae found under bark, *** feeds on leaves
§ larvae fold leaves, §§ found on young shoots & leaves
§§§ fed on by adults only
¶ females found on bark, males found on leaf undersides
¶¶ larvae bore into small branches
¶¶¶ larvae are leaf-miners

 
Sources: MacRae (1991), Yanega (1996),
Harms & Grodowitz (2009), Aldrich & Osten-Sacken (1905),
Knight (1941), Hottes & Frison (1931), Hamilton (1982),
Dmitriev & Dietrich (2010), ScaleNet website (2014),
Smith (2006), Covell (1984/2005), Needham et al. (1928),
Wagner (2005), Opler & Krizek (1984)

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