Insects Feeding on Plum Trees
(Various Prunus
spp.)
| Insect Species | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Comments |
| Acronicta pruni | Prunus Dagger Moth | |
| Aculus fockeui | Plum Rust Mite | Feeds on leaves, causing bronze appearance |
| Agyrotaenia velutinana | Red-Banded Leafroller Moth | Larvae feed on leaves |
| Anarsia lineatella | Peach Twig Borer Moth | Spring larvae bore tunnels in twigs & buds; later generations attack twigs & fruits |
| Archips argyrospila | Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth | Larvae feed on leaves |
| Brachycaudus cardui | Thistle Aphid | Feeds on plum leaves during the spring |
| Brachycaudus helichrysi | Leafcurl Plum Aphid | Feeds on plum leaves during the spring |
| Bryobia rubrioculus | Brown Mite | Sucks on leaves & buds |
| Caliroa cerasi | Cherry Slug | Sawfly larvae skeletonize leaves |
| Cerma cerintha | Tufted Bird-Dropping Moth | |
| Chrysobothris femorata | Flatheaded Appletree Borer | Beetle larvae tunnel under bark of trunk & larger branches |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum Curculio | Adults feed on fruit, larvae tunnel through fruit |
| Eriophyes emarginatae | Plum Finger Gall Mite | Forms 'finger galls' on leaves |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental Fruit Moth | Larvae tunnel through twigs, later tunnel through fruit |
| Grapholita prunivora | Lesser Appleworm | Moth larvae tunnel through twigs, later tunnel through fruits |
| Hyalopterus pruni | Mealy Plum Aphid | Feeds on plum leaves during the spring |
| Hysteroneura setariae | Rusty Plum Aphid | Feeds on plum leaves during the spring |
| Lygus lineolaris | Tarnished Plant Bug | Causes sunken pits to develop on fruits; also feeds on leaves & flowers |
| Macropsis trimaculata | Plum Leafhopper | Feeds on twigs |
| Malacosoma americanum | Eastern Tent Caterpillar | Moth larvae feed on leaves, live in silk tents at branch crotches |
| Nadata gibbosa | White-Dotted Prominent | |
| Nepticula slingerlandella | Cherry Leafminer | Larvae tunnel mines through leaves |
| Neurotoma inconspicua | Plum Webspinning Sawfly | Larvae feed on leaves, form webs at tips of branches |
| Orthosia hibisci | Speckled Green Fruitworm | Moth larvae feed on leaves, sometimes damage fruits |
| Panonychus ulmi | European Red Mite | Feeds on leaves, causing bronze appearance |
| Parthenolecanium corni | European Fruit Lecanium | Feeds on phloem of small branches |
| Phorodon humuli | Hop Aphid | Feeds on plum leaves during the spring |
| Quadraspidiotus perniciosus | San Jose Scale | Feeds on twigs & fruit |
| Scolytus rugulosus | Shothole Borer | Beetle larvae develop under bark |
| Smerinthus cerisyi | One-Eyed Sphinx | Moth larvae feed on leaves |
| Smerinthus jamaicensis | Twin-Spotted Sphinx | Moth larvae feed on leaves |
| Sphinx drupiferarum | Wild Cherry Sphinx | Moth larvae feed on leaves |
| Synanthedon exitosa | Peachtree Borer | Moth larvae bore into trunk base |
| Synanthedon pictipes | Lesser Peachtree Borer | Moth larvae bore into trunk or larger branches |
| Tetranychus urticae | Two-Spotted Spider Mite | Feeds on leaves |
| Triphosa haesitata | Tissue Moth | |
| Typhlocyba pomaria | White Apple Leafhopper | Sucks juices from leaves |