Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Cornus amomum (Swamp Dogwood) [Cornaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Clark et al., Felt, Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Pepper, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Calligrapha philadelphica Clk2004, Paria scutellaris Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Craneioba tuba (Dogwood Tube Gall Midge) [larvae form curved tubular galls on leaves] Flt1917
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Plagiognathus cornicola Kn1941 WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Anoecia cornicola [found on dogwood shrubs, migrating during the summer to the roots of grasses] BE2013, Anoecia oenotherae [found on dogwood shrubs, migrating during the summer to the roots of Oenothera biennis] BE2013, Aphis carduella Pp1965; Diaspididae: Chionaspis corni (Dogwood Scurfy Scale) [found on branches, causing dieback; this insect occurs in NE USA, north-central USA, & Ontario] SN2014