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Insects Feeding
on these Plants:

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Ulmus procera
(English Elm) [Ulmaceae]
(Observations are from Blackman & Eastop, Pepper, Cranshaw, ScaleNet)

Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Xanthogaleruca luteola (Elm Leaf Beetle) [both adults & larvae feed on leaves] Crw2004

Homoptera (Sucking Insects)

Aphididae: Eriosoma lanigerum (Woolly Apple Aphid) Pp1965, Tetraneura nigriabdominalis [forms stalked elongated galls on elm leaves, migrating during the summer to the roots of various grasses; this aphid from E Asia has been found in Illinois] BE2013, Tetraneura ulmi (Elm Sack Gall Aphid) [forms stalked sack-shaped galls on the upper surfaces of elm leaves, migrating during the summer to the roots of various grasses; this Eurasian aphid has been found in NE USA, north-central USA, & Canada] BE2013 Pp1965; Diaspididae:
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, Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014
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