Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Acer negundo (Box Elder) [Aceraceae]
(Observations are from Froeschner, Knight, Wagner, Hottes & Frison, Microleps website, Marshall, Covell)
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Contarinia negundinis [larvae form galls on foliage] Msh2006
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Plagiognathus negundinis Kn1941; Rhopalidae: Boisea trivittatus (Box Elder Bug) [eats seeds] Fr1942 Msh2006
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis citricola [polyphagous] HF1931, Aphis rumicis [polyphagous] HF1931, Periphyllus negundinis HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Caloptilia negundella [leaf-roller] Mic2010; Lymantriidae: Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth) [intro. into N. America from Europe] Cv2005; Noctuidae: Lithophane hemina (Hemina Pinion) Cv2005; Saturniidae: Dryocampa rubicunda (Rosy Maple Moth) Wg2005, Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia Moth) [polyphagous] Wg2005