Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar) [Cupressaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, Hottes & Frison, Knight, Bouseman & Sternburg, Wagner, Marshall, Rider, Yanega, Clark et al., Dmitriev & Dietrich, Hoffman, Stannard, DeLong, Covell, MacRae, Cranshaw)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Chrysobothris neotexana [larvae bore through dead trunks or dead branches] Mcr1991; Cerambycidae: Atimia confusa confusa (Small Cedar Bark Borer) [larvae bore under bark, oligophagous] Ya1996, Callidium frigidum [larvae bore under bark, oligophagous] Ya1996, Semanotus ligneus ligneus [oligophagous] Ya1996; Chrysomelidae: Paria sexnotata Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Oligotrophus betheli (Juniper Tip Midge) [maggots distort growth of foliage] Crw2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Eremocoris fera [eats seeds] Hof1996; Miridae: Dichrooscytus elegans Kn1941, Dichrooscytus repletus Kn1941, Parthenicus juniperi Kn1941, Phytocoris junipericola Kn1941; Pentatomidae: Banasa packardii Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Cinara juniperivora HF1931; Cicadellidae: Empoasca junipera [this tree is a preferred host] DD2010, Scaphoideus opalinus Dlg1948; Coccidae: Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Fletcher's Scale) Crw2004
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Geometridae: Digrammia continuata (Curve-Lined Angle) [syn. Semiothisa continuata] Cv2005, Glena plumosaria (Dainty Gray) Wg2005, Patalene olyzonaria (Juniper Geometer) Wg2005; Lycaenidae: Callophrys gryneus (Juniper Hairstreak) Bar1999 BS2001 Msh2006 Wg2005; Psychidae: Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Evergreen Bagworm) Cv2005; Saturniidae: Eacles imperialis (Imperial Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Hoplandrothrips juniperinus [found in dead branches] St1968, Scirtothrips brevipennis [observed in IL, oligophagous] St1968 Van1974, Scolothrips hoodi St1968