Insects Feeding
on Honey Locust
(Gleditsia triacanthos)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Acmaeodera tubulus *
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Agrilus difficilis *
(Honey Locust Borer)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Agrilus egeniformis *
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Agrilus pseudofallax *
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Chrysobothris sexsignata *
(no common name)
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Eburia quadrigeminatus *
(Ivory-marked Beetle)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Anomoea flavokansiensis
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Anomoea laticlavia
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Cryptocephalus guttulatus
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Odontota dorsalis
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Saxinis omogera
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Sumitrosis rosea
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Mordellina ancilla **
(no common name)
Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower Beetles)

Dasineura gleditchiae ***
(Honey Locust Pod Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Meunieriella aquilonia
(no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Atractotomus griseolus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Blepharidopterus chlorionis
(Honey Locust Plant Bug)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Lopidea incurva
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Lygocoris hirticulus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Lygocoris tinctus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Pilophorus walshii
(Flower Bug)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Plagiognathus delicatus
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Plagiognathus gleditsiae
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Taedia gleditsiae
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Erythridula aenea
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula brundusa
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula clavata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula diffisa
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula gleditsia
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Erythridula quadrata
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Macropsis fumipennis
(Honey Locust Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Chionaspis gleditsiae
(Honey Locust Scurfy Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Diaspidiotus forbesi §
(Forbe's Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

Diaspidiotus juglansregiae §
(English Walnut Scale)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

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

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

Micrutalis calva
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Pseudococcus maritimus §§
(Grape Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Homoadaula anisocentra §§§
(Mimosa Webworm)
Galacticidae (Galacticid Moths)

Heliomata cycladata
(Common Spring Moth)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Heteropacha rileyana
(Riley's Lappet Moth)
Lasiocampidae (Lappet Moths)

Catocala illecta
(Magdalen Underwing)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Catocala innubens
(The Betrothed)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Catocala minuta
(Little Underwing)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Spiloloma lunilinea
(Moon-lined Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Zale undularis
(Black Zale)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Sphingicampa bicolor
(Honey Locust Moth)
Saturniidae (Giant Silkmoths)

Sphingicampa bisecta
(Bisected Honey Locust Moth)
Saturniidae (Giant Silkmoths)

Platytetranychus multidigituli
(Honey Locust Spider Mite)
Tetranychidae (Spider Mites)



* larvae bore through wood,
** larvae found in pith of thorns
*** larvae cause unexpanded leaflets to be replaced by pod galls
§ found on bark, §§ found on foliage
§§§ larvae form webs over leaves
¶ found on leaf undersides

 
Sources: MacRae (1991), Milne & Milne (1980),
Clark et al. (2004), Ford & Jackman (1996),
Cranshaw (2004), Stireman et al. (2010), Knight (1941),
Wheeler et al. (1983), Dmitriev & Dietrich (accessed 2010),
ScaleNet (accessed 2014), Covell (1984/2005)

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