Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Castanea dentata (American Chestnut) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Funkhouser, Hottes & Frison, Marshall, Felt)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Agrilus bilineata (Two-Lined Chestnut Borer) Msh2006
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Macrodiplosis castaneae (Chestnut Midge) [larvae form galls on leaves] Msh2006, Miastor metraloas [larvae infest leaves] Flt1907
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Anoecia oenotherae HF1931, Longistigma caryae HF1931, Myzocallis castaneae HF1931; Membracidae: Atymna castaneae [feeds on petioles & blades of young leaves] Fnk1917, Cyrtolobus vau Fnk1917