Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Picea spp. (Spruce) [Pinaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Yanega, Wagner, Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Arhopalus foveicolle [larvae bore through bases of dead trees] Ya1996, Brachyleptura circumdata Ya1996, Callidium violaceus [larvae are found under bark, introduced into N. America from Europe] Ya1996, Eupogonius tomentosa Ya1996, Gnathacmaeops pratensis Ya1996, Leptura plebeja Ya1996, Monochamus marmorator (Balsam Fir Sawyer) [larvae bore through wood of dead & dying trees] Ya1996, Monochamus titillator (Southern Pine Sawyer) [larvae bore through wood of dead & dying trees] Ya1996, Phymatodes maculicollis [larvae are found under bark] Ya1996, Pogonocerus penicillatus Ya1996, Sachalinobia rugipennis rugipennis Ya1996, Semanotus litigiosus (Fir Tree Borer) Ya1996, Trachysida aspera brevifrons Ya1996
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Psallovius piceicola Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Cinara pinicola HF1931, Cinara pruinosa HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Geometridae: Anacamptodes vellivolata (Large Purplish Gray) [syn. Iridopsis vellivolata] Cv2005 Wg2005, Eufidonia notataria (Powder Moth) Cv2005, Lambina fiscellaria (Hemlock Looper) Cv2005, Protoboarmia porcelaria (Porcelain Gray) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Noctuidae: Anomogyna badicollis (Northern Variable Dart) [larvae feed on young trees] Cv2005, Elaphria versicolor (Variegated Midget) Cv2005; Feralia comstocki (Comstock's Sallow) Cv2005, Feralia jocosa (Jocose Sallow) Cv2005, Feralia major (Major Sallow) Cv2005, Palthis angulalis (Dark-Spotted Palthis) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Pantheidae: Panthea acronyctoides (Black Zigzag) Wg2005, Panthea furcilla (Eastern Panthea) Cv2005 Wg2005; Tortricidae: Choristoneura fumiferana (Spruce Budworm) [preferred host plants] Cv2005