Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Acer palmatum dissectum (Japanese Maple) [Aceraceae]
(Observations are from Pepper, Cranshaw, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Scarabaeidae: Popillia japonica (Japanese Beetle) [polyphagous] Crw2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Periphyllus americanus (American Maple Aphid) Pp1965, Periphyllus californiensis (California Maple Aphid) [this aphid is found mostly in California] Pp1965; Diaspididae: Lopholeucaspis japonica (Japanese Maple Scale) [causes dieback of branches, polyphagous; this insect is found mostly in NE USA, it was introduced from E Asia] SN2014