Insects Feeding
on Common Elderberry
(Sambucus canadensis)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Desmocerus palliatus *
(Elder Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Stenoscelis brevis **
(no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Asphondylia sambuci ***
(Elder Bud Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Neolasioptera pierrei ***
(Elder Stem Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Schizomyia umbellicola ***
 (Elder Flower Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Neurocolpus jessiae
(no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Brochymena quadripustulata
(Four-humped Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Euschistus servus
(Brown Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Holcostethus limbolarius
(no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Aphis sambuci
(Elder Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Myzus persicae
(Green Peach Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Stictocephala diceros
(no common name)
Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Pseudococcus maritimus #
(Grape Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Lagium atroviolaceum ##
(no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Macrophya albomaculata ##
(no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Macrophya trisyllaba ##
(no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Achatodes zeae ###
(Elder Shoot Borer Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Neohydatothrips sambuci #
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)

 



* larvae develop in roots
** larvae are found under bark
*** larvae form galls on buds, stems,
or unopened flowers
# found on leaves, ## larvae feed on leaves
### larvae bore into new shoots

Sources: Marshall (2006), Majka et al. (2007),
Felt (1917), Rider (accessed 2009),
Hottes & Frison (1931), Stannard (1968),
ScaleNet (accessed 2014), Smith (2006),
Covell (1984/2005), Nakahara (1994),
Wheeler et al. (1983), Funkhauser (1917)


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