Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Ilex verticillata (Winterberry) [Aquifoliaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Wagner, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Pepper, Spencer & Steyskal)
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Phytomyza verticillatae [larvae are blotch leaf-miners; found in Maryland & Washington DC] Ndm1928 SS1986
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygocoris communis (Green Apple Bug) Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Macrosiphum ptericolens [found on Bracken Fern during the summer; this aphid uses Winterberry & other hollies as primary host plants] BE2013 Pp1965
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Harrisimemna trisignata (Harris' Three-Spot) [polyphagous] Wg2005