Insects Feeding
on Spruce Trees
(Picea spp.)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Arhopalus foveicolle *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Brachyleptura circumdata *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

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

Eupogonius tomentosa *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Gnathacmaeops pratensis *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Leptura plebeja *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Monochamus marmorator *
(Balsam Fir Sawyer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Monochamus titillator *
(Southern Pine Sawyer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Phymatodes maculicollis *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Pogonocerus penicillatus *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Sachalinobia rugipennis rugipennis *
(no common  name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Semanotus litigiosus *
(Fir Tree Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Tachysida aspera brevifrons *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Carphonotus testaceus *
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Magdalis gentilis
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Magdalis piceae
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)


Pissodes fiskei
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Pissodes strobi
(White Pine Weevil)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Crypturgus borealis *
(no common name)

Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Dendrotonus rufipennis *
(Spruce Beetle)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Dryocoetes affaber *
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Dryocoetes autographus *
(Hairy Spruce Bark Beetle)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Ips borealis *
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Orthotomicus caelatus *
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Phloeosinus pini *
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Pityophthorus carinatus *
(no common name)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Scolytus piceae *
(Spruce Engraver)
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)

Atractotomus magnicornis
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Orthotylus pennsylvanicus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

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

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

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

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

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

Psallovius piceicola
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Adelges abietis **
(Eastern Spruce Gall Adelgid)
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Adelges laricis **
(no common name)
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Adelges nordmannianae
(Fir Woolly Adelgid)
Adelgidae (Spruce Apids)

Pineus floccus **
(no common name0
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Pineus pinifoliae **
(no common name)
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Pineus similis **
(Ragged Spruce Gall Adelgid)
Adelgidae (Spruce Aphids)

Cinara acadiana
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara atripes
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara braggii ***
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara coloradensis
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara costata
(Mealy Spruce Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara fornacula ***
(Green Spruce Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

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

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

Cinara obscura
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara pilicornis ***
(Spruce Shoot Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara pinicola
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara pruinosa
(Wax-bordered Spruce Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara saskensis
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cinara soplada
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Mindarus abietinus
(Balsam Twig Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Prociphilus piceaerubensis §§
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Aphrophora gelida
(Boreal Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Aphrophora parallela
(Spruce Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

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

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

Dynaspidotus abietis
(no common name)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Acantholyda maculiventris
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning Sawflies)

Sirex edwardsii *
(no common name)
Siricidae (Horntails)

Sirex nigricornis *
(no common name)
Siricidae (Horntails)

Urocerus albicornis *
(White-horned Horntail)
Siricidae (Horntails)

Urocerus cressoni *
(no common name)
Siricidae (Horntails)

Coleotechnites apicitripunctella ¶¶
(Green Hemlock Needleminer)
Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Coleotechnites piceaella ¶¶
(Orange Spruce Needleminer)
Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Anacamptodes vellivolata
(Large Purplish Gray)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Eufidonia notataria
(Powder Moth)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Lambina fiscellaria
(Hemlock Looper)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Pero morrisonaria
(Morrison's Pero)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Protoboarmia porcelaria
(Porcelain Gray)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Anomogyna badicollis
(Northern Variable Dart)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Elaphria versicolor
(Variegated Midget)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Feralia comstocki
(Comstock's Sallow)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Feralia jocosa
(Jocose Sallow)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Feralia major
(Major Sallow)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Palthis angulalis
(Dark-spotted Palthis)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Panthea acronyctoides
(Black Zigzag)
Pantheidae (Pantheid Moths)

Panthea furcilla
(Eastern Panthea)
Pantheidae (Pantheid Moths)

Sphinx gordius
(Gordian Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Barbara mappana ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Choristoneura fumiferana
(Spruce Budworm)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Cydia strobilella ¶¶¶
(Spruce Seed Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Endothenia albolineana ¶¶
(Spruce Needleminer)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Epinotia momonana
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Epinotia nanana ¶¶
(European Spruce Needleminer)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Epinotia radicana ¶¶
(Red-striped Needleworm)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Eucosma gloriola #
(Eastern Pine Shoot Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Eucosma tocullionana ¶¶¶
(White Pine Cone Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Zeiraphera canadensis ##
(Canada Budworm)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Zeiraphera fortunana ##
(Yellow Spruce Budworm)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Zeiraphera unfortunana ##
(Purple-striped Shootworm)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Thrips pini
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)



* larvae bore through wood or bark
** forms galls on shoots
*** found on twigs & young shoots
§ found on bark, §§ found on roots
§§§ found on needle-like leaves
¶ larvae form webs over leaves
¶¶ larvae mine leaves
¶¶¶ larvae feed in seed cones
# larvae bore through shoots
## larvae feed on buds & leaves

 
Sources: Yanega (1996), Majka et al. (2007),
Knight (1941), Blackman & Eastop (accessed 2013),
Hottes & Frison (1931), ScaleNet (accessed 2014),
Smith (2006), Needham et al. (1928), Wagner (2005),
Covell (1984/2005), Miller (1987), Cranshaw (2004),
Wheeler et al. (1983), Pepper (1965), Nakahara (1994),
Robinson & Bradley (1965), Hamilton (1982)

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