Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Lonicera spp. (Honeysuckle) [Caprifoliaceae]
(Observations are from Marshall, Wagner, Hottes & Frison, Microleps website, Rider, Covell, Cranshaw)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Agrilus cyanescens Msh2006
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Brochymena quadripustulata (Four-Humped Stink Bug) Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Alphitoaphis lonicericola HF1931, Gypsoaphis oestlundi HF1931, Hyadaphis foeniculi (Honeysuckle Aphid) [honeysuckle is winter host] Crw2004 HF1931
Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies)
Cimbicidae: Zaraea inflatus (Honeysuckle Sawfly) Msh2006
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Alucitidae: Alucita hexadactyla (Six-Plume Moth) [larvae bore into buds & flowers] Msh2006; Elachistidae: Perittia herrichiella (syn. Onceroptila herrichiella, larvae are blotch leaf-miners of non-native Lonicera spp., introduced into N. America from Eurasia] Mic2010; Epiplemidae: Callizzia amorata (Gray Scoopwing) [larvae feed gregariously within webs] Cv2005 Msh2006 Wg2005; Gracillariidae: Phyllonorycter mariaeella [larvae are tentiform leaf-miners] Mic2010; Noctuidae: Egira alternans (Alternate Woodling) [found in southern IL] Cv2005, Harrisimemna trisignata (Harris' Three-Spot) [polyphagous] Wg2005, Homohadena badistriga (Brown-Lined Sallow) Cv2005, Palthis angulalis (Black-Spotted Palthis) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Nymphalidae: Euphydryas phaeton (Baltimore) [later instars] Wg2005; Sphingidae: Hemaris diffinis (Snowberry Clearwing) Cv2005 Wg2005, Hemaris thysbe (Hummingbird Clearwing) Crw2004 Cv2005 Msh2006 Wg2005; Ypsolophidae: Ypsolopha dentella Msh2006