Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Acer rubrum (Red Maple) [Aceraceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Wagner, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Microleps website, Dennis, Covell)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Coccobaphes frontifer Kn1941, Lygocoris vitticollis Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Eratoneura macra DD2010, Erythridula hamata DD2010; Membracidae: Hadrophallus constans [polyphagous] Den1952, Stictocephala palmeri Den1952, Stictocephala taurina [polyphagous] Den1952, Telamona decorata Den1952
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Geometridae: Macaria pustularia (Lesser Maple Spanworm) [the preferred host plant, syn. Itame pustularia] Wg2005, Xanthotype sospeta (Crocus Geometer) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Gracillariidae: Cameraria aceriella [larvae are blotch leaf-miners] Mic2010; Noctuidae: Acronicta retardata (Retarded Dagger Moth) Cv2005, Hypena baltimoralis (Baltimore Hypena) [syn. Bomolocha baltimoralis] Wg2005, Parallelia bistriaris (Maple Looper) [the preferred host plant] Cv 2005 Wg2005