Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Celastrus spp. (Bittersweet) [Celastraceae]
(Observations are from Funkhouser, Felt, ScaleNet)
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Neolasioptera fontagrensis [larvae form galls on roots & stems] Flt1917
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014, 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, Unaspis euonymi (Euonymus Scale) [found on foliage, woody stems, or bark; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014; Membracidae: Enchenopa binotata [polyphagous] Fnk1917