Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Quercus phellos (Willow Oak) [Fagaceae]
(Observations are from Dmitriev & Dietrich, Wheeler et al., Gibson, Opler & Krizek, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Curculio humeralis [feeds on acorns, this insect is found as far north as Missouri & New Jersey] Gib1985, Curculio longidens [feeds on acorns] Gib1985
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Ceratocapsus rubricornis WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Eratoneura acantha DD2010, Eratoneura carmini DD2010, Eratoneura ellisi [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura gemina DD2010, Eratoneura immota [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura lenta [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura phellos [a preferred host plant] DD2010, Eratoneura stephensoni DD2010, Eratoneura tantilla DD2010; Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus ancylis (Putnam Scale) [found on leaves, sometimes bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Melanaspis obscura (Obscure Scale) [found on bark; this insect occurs in E USA & California] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths
Hesperiidae: Erynnis horatius (Horace's Duskywing) [red oak group preferred] OK1984; Nymphalidae: Limenitis arthemis astyanax (Red-spotted Purple) OK1984