Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust) [Caesalpiniaceae]
(Observations are from Milne & Milne, Knight, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Microleps website, Wagner, Covell, MacRae)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus Mcr1991, Agrilus difficilis [prefers stressed living trees] Mcr1991, Agrilus egeniformis [larvae bore through dead branches] Mcr1991, Agrilus pseudofallax [larvae bore through dead branches, oligophagous] Mcr1991, Chrysobothris sexsignata [larvae bore through dead trees] Mcr1991; Cerambycidae: Eburia quadrigeminatus (Ivory-Marked Beetle) [larvae bore through wood, adults feed on foliage & new twig growth, polyphagous] MM1980; Chrysomelidae: Anomoea flavokansiensis Clk2004, Anomoea laticlavia Clk2004, Cryptocephalus guttulatus Clk2004, Odontota dorsalis Clk2004, Saxinis omogera Clk2004, Sumitrosis rosea Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Atractotomus griseolus Kn1941, Diaphnocoris chlorionis Kn1941, Lopidea incurva Kn1941, Lygocoris tinctus Kn1941, Pilophorus walshii (Flower Bug) Kn1941, Plagiognathus delicatus Kn1941, Plagiognathus gleditsiae Kn1941, Taedia gleditsiae Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Erythridula aenea [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula brundusa [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula clavata [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula diffisa [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula gleditsia [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula quadrata DD2010
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Galacticidae: Homoadaula anisocentra (Mimosa Webworm) [introduced into N. America from E. Asia, larvae form webs over leaves] Mic2010; Geometridae: Heliomata cycladata (Common Spring Moth) Cv2005; Lasiocampidae: Heteropacha rileyana (Riley's Lappet Moth) [oligophagous] Cv2005 Wg2005; Noctuidae: Catocala illecta (Magdalen Underwing) Cv2005, Catocala innubens (The Betrothed) [oligophagous] Cv2005, Catocala minuta (Little Underwing) [oligophagous] Cv2005, Spiloloma lunilinea (Moon-Lined Moth) [oligophagous] Cv2005, Zale undularis (Black Zale) Cv2005; Saturniidae: Sphingicampa bicolor (Honey Locust Moth) [oligophagous] Cv2005 Wg2005, Sphingicampa bisecta (Bisected Honey Locust Moth) [oligophagous] Cv2005 Wg2005