Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Quercus falcata (Southern Red Oak) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Dmitriev & Dietrich, Gibson, ScaleNet, Eiseman)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Baliosus nervosus (Basswood Leafminer) [polyphagous] Eis2016; Curculionidae: Curculio humeralis [feeds on acorns, this insect is found as far north as Missouri & New Jersey] Gib1985, Curculio longidens [feeds on acorns] Gib1985
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Eratoneura acantha DD2010, Eratoneura accola DD2010, Eratoneura adunca [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura alloplana DD2010, Eratoneura brevipes DD2010, Eratoneura carmini DD2010, Eratoneura externa DD2010, Eratoneura forfex DD2010, Eratoneura gilesi DD2010, Eratoneura longa [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura maga [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura marilandicae DD2010, Eratoneura pamelae DD2010, Eratoneura patris DD2010, Eratoneura staminea [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura tammina DD2010; Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus osborni (Osborn Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is found in E USA & Ontario] SN2014, Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014