Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Sorbus americana (American Mountain Ash) [Rosaceae]
(Observations are from Hottes & Frison, Robinson & Bradley, ScaleNet)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis pomi (Green Apple Aphid) HF1931, Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Apple-Grass Aphid) RB1965; Diaspididae: Chionaspis furfura (Scurfy Bark Scale) [found on branches & trunks, less often on young shoots, fruit, & leaves; plant species in the Rosaceae are preferred hosts; this insect is widely distributed in the USA & S Canada] SN2014, Diaspidiotus ancylis (Putnam Scale) [found on leaves, sometimes bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Diaspidiotus perniciosus (San Jose Scale) [usually found on bark, polyphagous, although preferring woody species in the Rosaceae; this insect is widely distributed; syn. Comstockaspis perniciosa, syn. Quadraspidiotus perniciosus] SN2014, Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014