Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Euonymus europaeus (European Spindle Tree) [Celastraceae]
(Observations are from the Natural History Museum, ScaleNet)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (White Peach Scale) [polyphagous; this insect is found mostly in E USA, it was introduced from Eurasia] SN2014, Unaspis euonymi (Euonymus Scale) [found on foliage, woody stems, or bark; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Saturniidae: Samia cynthia (Ailanthus Silk Moth) [larvae feed on leaves, preferring the Tree-of-Heaven, Ailanthus altissima, as the host plant; however, larvae will also feed on the foliage of other woody plants] NHM2010