Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Pinus strobus (White Pine) [Pinaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Wagner, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Dennis, Covell)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Phoenicocoris strobicola Kn1941, Phytocoris diversus Kn1941, Phytocoris fulvus Kn1941, Platylygus luridus Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Cinara strobi HF1931, Eulachnus rileyi HF1931, Mindarus abietinus HF1931; Cicadellidae: Empoasca coccinea [the preferred host plant] DD2010; Membracidae: Archasia belfragei [polyphagous] Den1952
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Geometridae: Eufidonia notataria (Powder Moth) Cv2005, Macaria pinistrobata (White Pine Angle) [syn. Semiothisa pinistrobata, found NE of Illinois] Cv2005 Wg2005, Pero morrisonaria (Morrison's Pero) [found in northern IL] Cv2005; Lycaenidae: Callophrys niphon (Eastern Pine Elfin) Wg2005; Noctuidae: Xestia badicollis (White Pine Cutworm) Wg2005, Zale helata (Brown-Spotted Zale) Cv2005