Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Salix humilis (Prairie Willow) [Salicaceae]
(Observations are from Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Arment, Aldrich & Osten-Sacken, Wheeler et al., Opler & Krizek, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chrysomela knabi Clk2004, Chrysomela lineatopunctata Clk2004, Chrysomela scripta Clk2004, Crepidodera decora Clk2004, Crepidodera nana Clk2004, Cryptocephalus leucomelas Clk2004, Disonycha alternata Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Iteomyia salicisverruca [larvae form galls on leaves] AOS1905, Rabdophaga rigidae (Willow Beaked Gall Midge) [larvae form pod-like galls] AOS1905, Rabdophaga salicisbatatas (Willow Potato Gall Midge) [larvae form galls on twigs] AOS1905, Rabdophaga saliciscornu [larvae deform lateral buds] AOS1905, Rabdophaga salicisgnaphaloides [larvae deform terminal buds into subgloboid galls] AOS1905, Rabdophaga salicishordoides AOS1905, Rabdophaga salicisrhodoides [larvae form small rosette galls at the tips of twigs] AOS1905
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygocoris communis (Green Apple Bug) WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Empoasca andresia DD2010, Empoasca humilis [preferred host plant] DD2010, Erythroneura rosa DD2010; Diaspididae: 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
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nymphalidae: Polygonus faunus (Green Comma) OK1984
Phasmatodea (Walkingsticks)
Diapheromeridae: Diapheromera velii (Prairie Walkingstick) Arm2006