Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) [Taxodiaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Wagner, Yanega, Marshall, Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera pulchella (Flat-Headed Bald Cypress Borer) Msh2006; Cerambycidae: Atimia confusus confusus [larvae are found under bark] Ya1996, Leptura abdominalis Ya1996, Oeme rigidus rigidus Ya1996
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Ceratocapsus taxodii Kn1941, Orthotylus taxodii Kn1941, Parthenicus taxodii Kn1941, Phytocoris exemplus Kn1941, Phytocoris taxodii Kn1941, Pilophorus taxodii Kn1941
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Geometridae: Chloropteryx tepperaria (Angle-Winged Emerald) Cv2005, Nemoria elfa (Cypress Emerald) Wg2005; Sphingidae: Isoparce cupressi (Cypress Sphinx) [found in southern IL, oligophagous] Cv2005 Wg2005