Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Fagus grandifolia (American Beech) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Yanega, Wagner, Hottes & Frison, Covell, Marshall, Dmitriev & Dietrich, MacRae, Felt)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Anobiidae: Eucrada humeralis [larvae bore through wood] Msh2006; Buprestidae: Actenodes acornis [larvae bore through dead trees] Mcr1991, Agrilus obsoletoguttatus [larvae bore through dead trees] Mcr1991; Cerambycidae: Anthophylax attenuata [larvae bores through decaying logs] Ya1996, Anthophylax viridis Ya1996, Brachyleptura rubrica Ya1996, Dryobius sexnotatus Ya1996, Goes pulverulentus (Living Beech Borer) [larvae bore through heartwood of living trees] Ya1996, Gracilia minuta [larvae bore through dead branches] Ya1996, Leptura emarginata Ya1996, Oplosia nubilus [larvae found under bark of decaying trees] Ya1996, Parandra polita [larvae bore through dead wood] Ya1996, Psyrassa unicolor (The Branch Pruner) [girdles twigs] Ya1996, Sphenostethus taslei Ya1996, Tessaropa tenuipes [larvae bore through small dead branches] Ya1996, Xylotrechus quadrimaculatus (Birch & Beech Girdler) [adults girdle live branches, larvae bore through wood of girdled branches] Msh2006 Ya1996
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Miastor metraloas [larvae infest leaves] Flt1907
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygocoris fagi Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Grylloprociphilus imbricator HF1931, Phyllaphis fagi HF1931; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura aculeata DD2010, Eratoneura adunca DD2010, Eratoneura carmini DD2010, Eratoneura spala DD2010, Erythridula abolla [polyphagous] DD2010, Erythridula stolata [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula tenebrosa [preferred host plant] DD2010
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Geometridae: Cyclophora pendulinaria (Sweet Fern Geometer) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Venusia comptaria (Brown-Shaded Carpet) Cv2005; Limacodidae: Apoda biguttata (Shagreened Slug) Msh2006, Apoda y-inversum [polyphagous] Cv2005, Euclea delphinii (Spiny Oak Slug) [polyphagous, found in southern IL] Cv2005, Isochaetes beutenmuelleri (Spun Glass Slug) Wg2005, Natada nasoni (Nason's Slug Moth) [polyphagous, found in southern IL] Cv2005, Tortricidia testacea [polyphagous] Cv2005; Noctuidae: Acronicta ovata (Ovate Dagger Moth) Wg2005, Baileya ophthalmica (Eyed Baileya) Cv2005, Charada deridens (The Laugher) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Colocasia propinquilinea (Close-Banded Yellowhorn) [polyphagous, found in southern IL] Cv2005, Panopoda rufimargo (Red-Lined Panopoda) Cv2005 Wg2005; Notodontidae: Dasylophia thyatiroides (Gray-Patched Prominent) Wg2005, Lochmaeus bilineata (Double-Lined Prominent) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Lochmaeus manteo (Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar) Wg2005, Oligocentria lignicolor (White-Streaked Prominent) Wg2005, Symmerista canicosta (Red-Humped Oakworm) Wg2005; Saturniidae: Actias luna (Luna Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Sesiidae: Synanthedon scitula (Dogwood Borer Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005