Insects Feeding
on Ash Trees
(Fraxinus spp.)

Insect Species
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Insect Family
Agrilus planipennis**
(Emerald Ash Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Calloides nobilis nobilis**Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Neoclytus acuminatum acuminatum**
(Red-Headed Ash Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Neoclytus caprea**
(Banded Ash Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Obrium rufulum**Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Stenocorus schaumii**Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Tylonotus bimaculatus**
(Ash & Privet Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Meliarhizophagus fraxinifoliiAphididae
(Aphids)
Prociphilus americanusAphididae
(Aphids)
Hadrophyllus borealisMembracidae
(Treehoppers)
Lygocoris hirticulusMiridae
(Plant Bugs)
Pseudoxenetus regalisMiridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes commissuralis*Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes neglectus*Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes plagifer*Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Brochymena quadripustulata
(Four-Humped Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae
(Stink Bugs)
Leptoypha mutica*Tingidae
(Lace Bugs)
Tomostethus multicincta
(Brown-Headed Ash Sawfly)
Tenthredinidae
(Sawflies)
Dasineura fraxinifolia***Cecidomyiidae
(Gall Flies)
Dasineura pellex***Cecidomyiidae
(Gall Flies)
Rhizomyia fraxinifolia***Cecidomyiidae
(Gall Flies)

*Found on Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra).
**Larvae bore through wood. ***Larvae form galls on leaves.

Note: Lepidoptera are excluded from this table.

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