Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Celtis occidentalis (Common Hackberry) [Ulmaceae]
(Observations are from Osborn & Drake, Knight, Marshall, Rider, Microleps website, MacRae)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus Mcr1991, Agrilus celti Mcr1991, Agrilus fallax [larvae bore through dead branches] Mcr1991, Agrilus lecontei lecontei Mcr1991, Agrilus paracelti Mcr1991; Cerambycidae: Lepturges pictus Msh2006; Scolytidae: Scolytus muticus (Hackberry Bark Beetle) Msh2006
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Taedia celtidis Kn1941; Pentatomidae: Acrosternum hilaris (Green Stink Bug) [polyphagous] Rid2009; Tingidae: Corythucha celtidis (Hackberry Lace Bug) OD1916
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Membracidae: Telamona tiliae [polyphagous] Den1952
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Phyllonorycter celtifoliella [larvae are tentiform leaf-miners] Mic2010, Phyllonorycter celtisella [larvae are tentiform leaf-miners] Mic2010; Libytheidae: Libytheana carinenta (Snout Butterfly) Msh2006