Insect Table (Acer negundo)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

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

Contarinia negundinis **
(Box Elder Bud Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

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

Boisea trivittata ***
(Box Elder Bug)
Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)

Acanalonia conica §
(no common name)
Acanaloniidae (Acaloniid Planthoppers)

Drepanaphis acerifoliae
(Painted Maple Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Neoprociphilus aceris
(Woolly Maple Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Periphyllus negundinis §§
(Box Elder Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

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

Cacopsylla negundinis §§§
(Box Elder Psyllid)
Psyllidae (Psyllids)

Caloptilia negundella ¶
(Box Elder Leafroller Moth)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Lymantria dispar
(Gypsy Moth)
Lymantriidae (Tussock Moths)

Lithophane hemina
(Hemina Pinion)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Dryocampa rubicunda
(Rosy Maple Moth)
Saturniidae (Silk Moths)

Hyalophora cecropia
(Cecropia Moth)
Saturniidae (Silk Moths)

Archips negundanus ¶
(Large Box Elder Leafroller Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Proteoteras aesculana ¶¶
(Maple Twig Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Proteoteras crescentana ¶¶
(Black-crescent Proteoteras)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Proteoteras willingana ¶¶
(Box Elder Twig Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Aceria negundi ¶¶¶
(Box Elder Pouch Gall Mite)
Eriophyidae (Gall Mites)

* larvae are leaf-miners, ** larvae form galls on terminal buds
*** feeds on seeds, § adults & nymphs are found on branchlets
§§ found on young growth, fruiting clusters, & leaf undersides
§§§ feeds on leaves, ¶ larvae are leaf-rollers
¶¶ larvae feed in shoots, petioles, buds, and/or seeds
¶¶¶ forms pouch-like galls on leaves

Sources: Needham et al. (1928), Wilhelm & Rericha (2017),
Knight (1941), Robinson & Bradley (1965), Cranshaw (2004),
Covell (1984/2005), Wagner (2005), Miller (1987)

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