Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Pinus spp. (Dogbane) [Pinaceae]
(Observations are from Hoffman, Yanega, Knight, Wagner, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Microleps website, Rider, Marshall, Bouseman & Sternburg, Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Chalcophora virginiensis (Flat-Headed Pine Heartwood Borer) Msh2006; Cerambycidae: Acmaeops discoidea Ya1996, Amniscus sexguttata [found under bark], Arhopalus foveicolle [larvae bore through bases of dead trees] Ya1996, Arhopalus rusticus obsoletus [larvae bore through bases & roots of dead trees] Ya1996, Asemum striatus [larvae bore through wood of recently dead trees] Ya1996, Brachyleptura champlaini Msh2006 Ya1996, Callidium schotti [found under bark] Ya1996, Callidium violaceus [found under bark, intro. from Europe] Ya1996, Ceratographis biguttata [bores through branches] Ya1996, Clytus marginicollis [found under bark of broken branches] Ya1996, Cyrtophorus verrucosum [larvae bore through wood of dead trees] Ya1996, Distenia undata Ya1996, Eupogonius tomentosa Ya1996, Goes pulverulentus (Living Beech Borer) [larvae bore through heartwood of living trees] Ya1996, Gnathacmaeops pratensis Ya1996, Heterachthes ebenus [larvae bore through dead branches] Ya1996, Leptura plebeja Ya1996, Leptura subhamata [larvae bore through decaying wood] Msh2006 Ya1996, Monochamus carolinensis [larvae bore through wood of dead & dying trees] Ya1996, Monochamus mutator (Spotted Pine Sawyer) [larvae bore through wood of dead & dying trees] Ya1996, Monochamus notatus (Northeast Sawyer) [larvae bore through wood of dead & dying trees] Msh2006 Ya1996, Monochamus scutellatus scutellatus (White-Spotted Sawyer) [larvae bore through wood of dead & dying trees] Msh2006 Ya1996, Monochamus titillator (Southern Pine Sawyer) [larvae bore through wood of dead & dying trees] Ya1996, Neacanthocinus obsoletus [larvae found in bark of dead & dying trees] Ya1996, Phymatodes testaceus (Tanbark Borer) [larvae found in & under bark] Ya1996, Prionus pocularis [larvae bore through wood of dead logs & stumps] Ya1996, Rhagium inquisitor (Ribbed Pine Borer) [larvae bore into cambium of dead trees] Msh2006 Ya1996, Sachalinobia rugipennis rugipennis Ya1996, Stictoleptura canadensis (Red-Shouldered Pine Borer) Msh2006, Spondylis upiformis [probably feeds on roots] Ya1996, Strangalepta pubera Ya1996, Tetropium schwarzianum Ya1996, Tilloclytus geminatus [larvae bore through dead branches] Ya1996, Tragosoma depsarius (Hairy Pine Borer) [larvae bore through sapwood of decaying logs] Ya1996, Tylocerina nodosus [larvae found in bark of dead & dying trees] Ya1996, Typocerus lugubris Ya1996, Typocerus sparsus [larvae bore through decaying wood] Ya1996, Xylotrechus sagittatus sagittatus Ya1996; Curculionidae: Hylobius congener (Seedling Debarking Beetle) [girdles seedlings while feeding] Msh2006, Hylobius pales (Pale's Weevil) Msh2006, Hylobius radicis (Pine Root Collar Beetle) Msh2006, Tomicus piniperda (Pine Shoot Beetle) [intro. into N. America from Europe] Msh2006
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyia resincola (Pine Pitch Midge) [larvae develop in pine pitch] Msh2006
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Eremocoris depressus [eats seeds of cones, restricted to southern tip of Illinois] Hof1996; Miridae: Deraeocoris albigulus Kn1941, Phytocoris angustifrons Kn1941; Pentatomidae: Coenus delia Rid2009, Euschistus servus [polyphagous] Rid2009, Euschistus tristigma tristigma Rid2009, Euschistus variolarius [polyphagous] Rid2009; Scutelleridae: Tetyra bipunctata Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cercopidae: Aphrophora cribatus (Pine Spittlebug) Msh2006; Cicadellidae: Erythridula abolla [polyphagous] DD2010; Diaspididae: Chionaspis pinifoliae (Pine Needle Scale) Msh2006
Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies)
Diprionidae: Diprion similis (Introduced Pine Sawfly) Msh2006, Neodiprion sertifera (European Pine Sawfly) Msh2006; Pamphiliidae: Acantholyda erythrocephala (Pine False Webworm) [intro. into N. America from abroad] Msh2006
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Cossidae: Givera anna (Anna Carpenterworm) [larvae bore into trunks, found in southern IL] Cv2005; Geometridae: Anacamptodes vellivolata (Large Purplish Gray) [syn. Iridopsis vellivolata, preferred host plants] Cv2005 Wg2005, Hydriomena transfigurata (Transfigured Hydriomena) Cv2005, Hypagyrtis esther (Esther Moth) Cv2005 Wg2005, Macaria bisignata (Red-Headed Inchworm) [syn. Semiothisa bisignata] Cv2005, Macaria transitaria (Blurry Chocolate Angle) [syn. Semiothisa transitaria], Protoboarmia porcelaria (Porcelain Gray) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Lycaenidae: Callophrys niphon (Eastern Pine Elfin) [larvae feed on needles of hard pines] BS2001 Wg2005; Noctuidae: Acronicta oblinita (Smeared Dagger Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005, 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 Wg2005, Zale helata (Brown-Spotted Zale) Cv2005 Wg2005, Zale metatoides (Washed-Out Zale) [hard pines only] Wg2005, Zale obliqua (Oblique Zale) Cv2005; Pantheidae: Panthea acronyctoides (Black Zigzag) Wg2005, Panthea furcilla (Eastern Panthea) Cv2005 Wg2005; Saturniidae: Lapara bombycoides (Northern Pine Sphinx) [found in northern IL] Cv2005, Lapara coniferarum (Pine Sphinx) Cv2005; Tortricidae: Amorbia humerosana (White-Lined Leafroller Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Choristoneura fumiferana (Spruce Budworm) Cv2005, Choristoneura pinus (Jack Pine Budworm) Msh2006; Yponomeutidae: Zelleria haimbachi [forms webs around needles] Mic2010
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Gryllidae: Oecanthus pini (Pine Tree Cricket) Msh2006