Insects Feeding
on Buckeyes
(Aesculus spp.)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Maculurges regularis *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Derocrepis aesculi
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Popilia japonica **
(Japanese Beetle)
Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Hyaliodes vitrispennis
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Corythucha aesculi ***
(Buckeye Lace Bug)
Tingidae (Lace Bugs)

Drepanaphis monelli ***
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Clastoptera obtusa §
(Alder Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Empoasca recurvata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura aesculi §§
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura bifida ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura bigemina
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura concisa
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura fulleri ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura protuma ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura rubranotata ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Eratoneura tersa
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula aesculella ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula crevecoeuri §§ ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula eluta
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula idonea
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula lemnisca
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula rubroscuta ¶¶¶
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Clavaspis ulmi §§§
(Elm Armored Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Diaspidotus ancylis §§§ ***
(Putnam Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis §§§
(False San Jose Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Diaspidiotus perniciosus §§§
(San Jose Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Lepidosaphes ulmi §§§
(Oystershell Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
(White Peach Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Entylia carinata #
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Phenacoccus acericola
(Maple Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Pseudococcus comstocki ***
(Comstock Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Cameraria aesculisella ##
(Horse Chestnut Leafminer)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Olethreutes ochrosuffusanum
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Proteoteras aesculana ¶¶
(Maple Twig Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Heterothrips aesculi ###
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)



* larvae bore through branches, ** adults skeletonize leaves
*** found on leaves, § fed on by adults only
§§ Aesculus spp. are preferred host plants
§§§ found on bark, ¶ larvae feed inside folded leaves
¶¶ larvae feed in shoots, petioles, & seeds
¶¶¶ Aesculus glabra is a preferred host plant
# found on central stalk of inflorescence
## larvae are leaf-miners, ### found on flowers

 
Sources: Yanega (1996), Clark et al. (2004),
Wilhelm & Rericha (2017), Wheeler et al. (1983),
Dmitriev & Dietrich (accessed 2010),
ScaleNet (accessed 2014), Miller (1987),
Osborn & Drake (1916), Hottes & Frison (1931),
Pepper (1965), Needham et al. (1928), Stannard (1968)

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