Insects Feeding on Malus spp.
(Apple, Crab Apple)

Insect Species
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Insect Family
Amphicerus bicaudatus
(Apple Twig Borer)
Bostrichidae
(Auger Beetles)
Agrilus vittaticollis
(Hawthorn Root Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Chrysobothris femorata
(Flat-headed Apple Tree Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Saperda candida
(Round-headed Apple Tree Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-horned Beetles)
Saperda cretata
(Spotted Apple Tree Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-horned Beetles)
Paria fragariae
(Strawberry Rootworm)
Chrysomelidae
(Leaf Beetles)
Anthonomus quadrigibbus
(Apple Curculio)
Curculionidae
(Weevils)
Conotrachelus nenuphar
(Plum Curculio)
Curculionidae
(Weevils)
Rhynchaenus pallicornis
(syn. Orchestes pallicornis)
(Apple Flea Weevil)
Curculionidae
(Weevils)
Macrodactylus subspinosus
(Rose Chafer)
Scarabaeidae
(Scarab Beetles)
Popillia japonica
(Japanese Beetle)
Scarabaeidae
(Scarab Beetles)
Rhagoletis pomenella
(Apple Maggot)
Tephritidae
(Fruit Flies)
Blepharidopterus provancheri Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Corticoris signatus Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Heterocordylus malinus Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Lygidea mendax
(Apple Red Bug)
Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Lygus lineolaris
(Tarnished Plant Bug)
Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Phytocoris erectus Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Acrosternum hilaris
(Green Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae
(Stink Bugs)
Aphis chetansapa Aphididae
(Aphids)
Aphis pomi
(Green Apple Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Dysaphis plantaginea*
(Rosy Apple Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Eriosoma lanigerum**
(Woolly Apple Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Nearctaphis bakeri***
(Clover Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Prociphilus caryae fitchii Aphididae
(Aphids)
Rhopalosiphum insertum
(Apple-Grain Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
(Apple-Grass Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Eratoneura hartii § Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Eratoneura omani §§ Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Erythridula dowelli § Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Erythridula electa Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Erythridula insigna Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Erythridula lawsoniana § Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Erythridula magnacalx Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Erythroneura obliqua Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Kybos maligna Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Typhlocyba pomaria §§
(White Apple Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae
(Leafhoppers)
Lepidosaphes ulmi
(Oyster Shell Scale)
Diaspididae
(Armored Scales)
Glossonotus crataegi Membracidae
(Treehoppers)
Cimbex americana
(Elm Sawfly)
Cimbicidae
(Cimbicid Sawflies)
Tremex columba §§§
(Pigeon Tremex)
Siricidae
(Horntails)
Hoplocampa testudinea
(European Apple Sawfly)
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Xiphydria maculata §§§ Xiphydriidae
(Xiphydriid Wood Wasps)
Aculus schlechtendali ¶¶ Eriophyidae
(Gall Mites)

*forms leaf galls, **found on bark, causing swellings
***found on leaves & flower buds of apple or crab apple
§ Prairie Crab Apple (Malus ioensis) is a preferred host
§§ Apple or Crab Apple (Malus spp.) are preferred hosts
§§§ larvae bore into wood, ¶ larvae develop in fruits
¶¶ this is a spider mite, rather than an insect

Note: Lepidoptera have been excluded from this table.

Sources: Cranshaw (2004), Dmitriev & Dietrich (2010), Clark et al. (2004),
Knight (1941), Needham et al. (1928), Milnes & Milnes (1980,
Marshall (2006), Yanega (1996), Watson (1928), Wheeler et al. (1983),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), DeLong (1948), Funkhauser (1917), Smith (2006)

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