Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Salix interior (Sandbar Willow) [Salicaceae]
(Observations are from Vestal, Knight, Hottes & Frison, Clark et al., and Dmitriev & Dietrich)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Altica bimarginata Clk2004, Altica prasina Clk2004, Altica subplicata Clk2004, Calligrapha multipunctata Clk2004, Chrysomela knabi (American Willow Leaf Beetle) Clk2004, Chrysomela laurentia Clk2004, Chrysomela scripta Clk2004, Crepidodera luminosa Clk2004, Crepidodera nana Clk2004, Crepidodera sculpturata Clk2004, Crepidodera solita Clk2004, Cryptocephalus leucomelas Clk2004, Disonycha alternata Clk2004, Disonycha pluriligata Clk2004, Pachybrachis bivittatus [larvae feed on dead & dying leaves] Clk2004, Paria quadriguttata Clk2004, Plagiodera versicolora Clk2004, Tricholochmaea tuberculata Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygidea rosacea Kn1941, Orthotylus basicornis Kn1941, Phytocoris rubellus Kn1941, Plagiognathus flavoscutellatus Kn1941, Plagiognathus salicicola Kn1941, Plagiognathus tinctus Kn1941, Taedia salicis Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Cavariella aegopodii HF1931, Chaitophorus viminalis HF1931; Cicadellidae: Erythridula rufostigmosa DD2010, Erythroneura rosa DD2010, Kybos albolinea [this shrub is a preferred host] DD2010
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Saturniidae: Callosamia promethea (Promethea Moth) Vst1913
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Heterothrips salicis (Willow Catkin Thrips) [found on male catkins] St1968