Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Malus pumila (Apple) [Rosaceae]
(Observations are from Funkhouser, Knight, Yanega, Bouseman & Sternburg, Hottes & Frison, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Microleps website, and Rider)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Saperda candida (Round-Headed Apple Tree Borer) [larvae bore through wood of live trees] Ya1996, Saperda cretata (Spotted Apple Tree Borer) [larvae bore through wood of live trees] Ya1996; Chrysomelidae: Tricholochmaea cavicollis Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Blepharidopterus provancheri Kn1941, Campylomma verbasci Kn1941, Heterocordylus malinus [nymphs puncture skin of fruits] Kn1941, Lygidea mendax (Apple Red Bug) Kn1941, Plagiognathus politus Kn1941, Taedia pallidula Kn1941; Pentatomidae: Brachymena quadripustulata (Four-Humped Stink Bug) [polyphagous] Rid2009, Parabrochymena arborea [polyphagous] Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis pomi (Green Apple Aphid) [introduced into N. America from abroad] HF1931, Dysaphis plantaginea (Rosy Apple Aphid) HF1931, Eriosoma lanigera (Woolly Apple Aphid) HF1931, Rhopalosiphum maidis HF1931, Rhopalosiphum padi HF1931; Cicadellidae: Eratoneura hartii [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythridula lawsoniana [a preferred host plant] DD2010; Membracidae: Ceresa bubalus (Buffalo Treehopper) [polyphagous] Fnk1917, Stictocephala taurina [polyphagous] Fnk1917
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Lycaenidae: Satyrium liparops strigosum (Striped Hairstreak) [polyphagous] BS2001; Nymphalidae: Limenitis archippus (Viceroy) BS2001, Limenitis arthemis astyanax (Red-Spotted Purple) [larvae feed on leaves] BS2001; Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus (Tiger Swallowtail) [polyphagous] BS2001; Tischeriidae: Coptotriche malifoliella (Appleleaf Trumpet Miner) Mic2010; Yponomeutidae: Yponomeuta malinellus [introduced into N. America from Eurasia] Mic2010