Insects Feeding
on Serviceberries
(Amelanchier spp.)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

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

Anthaxia cyanella * **
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Chrysobothris azurea * **
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Chrysobothris chlorocephala * **
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Chrysobothris sexsignata * **
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Hebestola nebulosa **
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

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

Saperda candida **
(Round-headed Apple Tree Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Crepidodera violacea
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Anthonomus quadrigibbus
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Orchestes pallicornis
(Apple Flea Weevil)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Pseudanthonomus validus
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Rhynchaenus pallicornis
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Blaesodiplosis canadensis ***
(Juneberry Lipped Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Clinodiplosis canadensis ***
(no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Corythucha cydoniae §
(Hawthorn Lace Bug)
Tingidae (Lace Bugs)

Eriosoma americanum §§
(Woolly Elm Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Nearctaphis sensoriata
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Prociphilus caryae fitchii §
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Prociphilus corrugatans
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

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

Chionaspis salicis §§§
(Willow Scurfy Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

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

Arge macleayi ¶
(no common name)
Argidae (Argid Sawflies)

Onycholyda luteicornis
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Webspinning & Leafrolling Sawflies)

Pamphilus rileyi ¶¶
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Webspinning & Leafrolling Sawflies)

Pamphilus semicinctus ¶¶
(no common name)
Pamphiliidae (Webspinning & Leafrolling Sawflies)

Dimorphopteryx abnormis ¶
(no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Hemichroa miltaris ¶
(no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Hoplocampa halcyon ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Tenthridinidae (Common Sawflies)

Lomographa semiclarata
(Blue Spring Moth)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Parornix geminatella * #
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf-blotch Miner Moths)

Satyrium liparops strigosum
(Striped Hairstreak)
Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies)

Acronicta radcliffei
(Radcliffe's Dagger Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

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

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

Paonias myops
(Small-eyed Sphinx)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Coptotriche crataegifoliae * #
(no common name)
Tischeriidae (Trumpet Leafminer Moths)

Ancylis nubecula ¶¶
(Little Cloud Ancylis)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Hedya chionosema
(White-spotted Hedya)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Olethreutes appendicea ¶¶
(Serviceberry Leafroller Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

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* larvae feed on Amelanchier arborea
** larvae bore through wood, *** larvae form leaf galls
§ sucks sap from leaves, §§ sucks sap from roots
§§§ found on twigs, branches, and/or trunk bark
¶ larvae feed on leaves, ¶¶ larvae are leaf-rollers
¶¶¶ larvae feed on developing fruits
# larvae are leaf-miners
 
Sources: MacRae (1991), Yanega (1996),
Wilhelm & Rericha (2017), Clark et al. (2004),
Majka et al. (2007), Felt (1917), Cranshaw (2004),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), Hottes & Frison (1931),
ScaleNet website (2014), Smith (2016), Covell (1984/2005),
Bouseman & Sternburg (2001), Wagner (2005),
Miller (1987), Microleps website (2010)

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