Insects Feeding
on Redbud
(Cercis canadensis)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Acmaeodera tubulus *
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Ptosima gibbicollis *
(Redbud Borer)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Distenia undata *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Euderces picipes *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Molorchus bimaculatus celti *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Rhopalophora longipes *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Sphenostethus taslei *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Colaspis brunnea
(Grape Colaspis)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Cryptocephalus guttulatus
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Odontota dorsalis
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Phyllecthris gentilis
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Metriorrhynchomiris fallax
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Acrosternum hilaris
(Green Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Aphis pawneepae **
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Eratoneura bigemina
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura clara ***
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura hymac
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura alcys ***
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura bistrata ***
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura cancellata ***
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura diva
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura fraxa ***
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura octonotata
(Eight-spotted Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythroneura ortha
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Hymetta balteata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Hymetta kansasensis ***
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Hymetta trifasciata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Diaspidiotus juglansregiae **
(English Walnut Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
(White Peach Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Heliococcus osborni
(Osborn Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Fascista cercerisella
(Redbud Leaf-folder Moth)
Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Callophrys henrici §
(Henry's Elfin)
Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies)

Leucothrips pierci
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)



* larvae bore through wood, ** found on bark
*** a preferred host plant
§ larvae feed on flowers & seedpods
 
Sources: McRae (1991), Yanega (1996), Watson (1928),
Rider website (accessed 2009), Pepper (1965),
Dietrich & Dmitriev website (accessed 2010),
ScaleNet (accessed 2014), Covell (1984/2005),
Opler & Krizek (1984), Stannard (1968), Clark et al. (2004)

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