Insects Feeding on
Ash trees (Fraxinus spp.)

Insect Species  
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Insect Family
Lepidosaphes ulmi
(Oystershell Scale)
 Diaspididae
(Armored Scales)
Prociphilus americanus
(Conifer Root Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Prociphilus fraxinifolii
(Woolly Ash Aphid)
(syn. Meliarhizophagus fraxinifolii)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Leptoypha mutica
(Fringetree Lace Bug)
Tingidae
(Lace Bug)
Blepharidopterus provancheri Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Lygocoris hirticulus Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Pseudoxenetus regalis Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes amoenus
(Ash Plant Bug)
Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes brooksi Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes canadensis Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes cardinalis Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes commissuralis Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes geminus Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes glaber Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes palmeri Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes pettiti Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes pubescens Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes rufusculus Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Tropidosteptes vittiscutis Miridae
(Plant Bugs)
Brochymena quadripustulata
(Four-Humped Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae
(Stink Bugs)
Trichaltica scabricula Chrysomelidae
(Leaf Beetles)
Agrilus planipennis
(Emerald Ash Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Agrilus subcinctus Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Chrysobothris sexsignata Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Calloides nobilis nobilis Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus
(Red-Headed Ash Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Neoclytus caprea
(Banded Ash Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Obrium rufulum Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Stenocorus schaumii Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Tylonotus bimaculatus
(Ash & Privet Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Hylesinus aculeatus Scolytidae
(Bark Beetles)
Xyloterinus politus Scolytidae
(Bark Beetles)
Dasineura fraxinifolia Cecidomyiidae
(Gall Flies)
Dasineura pellex
(Ash Bullet Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae
(Gall Flies)
Rhizomyia fraxinifolia Cecidomyiidae
(Gall Flies)
Eupareophora parca Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Pachyprotasis rapae Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Tethida barda
(Black-Headed Ash Sawfly)
 Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Tomostethus multicinctus
(Brown-Headed Ash Sawfly)
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Xiphydria tibialis Xiphydriidae
(Xiphydriid Wood Wasps)

Sources: Yanega (1996), Marshall (2006), Majka et al. (2007),
Felt (1907), Knight (1941), Wheeler et al. (1983), Rider (2009),
Hottes & Frison (1931), Smith (2006)

Note: Lepidopteran insects are excluded from this table.

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