Insects Feeding on
Greenbrier & Carrion Flower
(Smilax spp.)

Scientific Name
& Common Name
& Insect family

Neoprociphilus aceris * ¶¶
Woolly Maple Aphid
Aphididae, Aphids

Pachyonychus paradoxus **
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles

Camptoneuromyia rubifolia *** ¶¶
Smilax Blister Midge
Cecidomyiidae, Gall Flies

Dasineura smilacifolia § ¶¶
Smilax Leaf Midge
Cecidomyiidae, Gall Flies

Proleucoptera smilaciella §§ ¶¶
Smilax Leaf-miner Moth
Lyonetiidae, Lyonet Moths

Phosphila miselioides §§§ ¶¶
Spotted Phosphila
Noctuidae, Owlet Moths

Phosphila turbulenta §§§ ¶¶
Turbulent Phosphila
Noctuidae, Owlet Moths

Phyprosopus callitrichoides ¶¶
Curve-lined Owlet
Noctuidae, Owlet Moths

Pseudogalleria inimicella ¶ ¶¶
Inimical Borer Moth
Tortricidae, Tortrix Moths

Ctenothrips bridwelli **
(no common name)
Thripidae, Thrips

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* uses Smilax spp. as summer host plants
** adults feed on leaves
*** forms blister galls on leaves
§ larvae roll young leaves longitudinally
§§ larvae are leaf-miners
§§§ larvae feed on leaves
¶ larvae feed in stem bases
¶¶ oligophagous

Sources: Robinson & Bailey (1965), Clark et al. (2004),
Felt (1917), Stannard (1968), Needham et al. (1928),
Wagner (2005), Miller (1987)

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