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Insects Feeding
on these Plants:

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Catalpa bignonioides
(Southern Catalpa) [Bignoniaceae]
(Observations are from Blackman & Eastop, Spencer & Steyskal, ScaleNet)

Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae:
Amauromyza pleuralis [larvae are blotch leaf-miners; found in Illinois, Ohio, & Canada] SS1986

Homoptera (Sucking Insects)

Aphididae: Aphis gossypii (Cotton Aphid) [polyphagous] BE2013; Diaspididae: 
Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (False San Jose Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in N USA & S Canada, also in Eurasia, where it is native] SN2014, 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, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (White Peach Scale) [polyphagous; this insect is found mostly in E USA, it was introduced from Eurasia] SN2014; Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus comstocki (Comstock Mealybug) [found on foliage, including lower side of leaves; polyphagous, feeding on woody vegetation; this insect is widely distributed in NE & north-central USA, it is also found in Ontario] SN2014
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