Insects Feeding
on Sassafras
(Sassafras albidum)



Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)


Oberea ruficollis * §
(Sassafras Borer)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Odontopus calceatus ** §
(Yellow Poplar Weevil)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Dasineura sassafras *** §
(Sassafras Leaf Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

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

Jikradia olitorius
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Diaspidiotus piceus
(no common name)
Diaspididae (Armored Scales)

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

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

Epimecis hortaria §
(Tulip Tree Beauty)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Caloptilia sassafrasella ### §
(Sassafras Caloptilia Moth)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Hypsoropha hormos §
(Small Necklace Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Datana drexelii
(Drexel's Datana)
Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Papilio troilus §
(Spicebush Swallowtail)
Papilionidae (Swallowtail Butterflies)

Automeris io
(Io Moth)
Saturniidae (Giant Silk Moths)

Callosamia promethea
(Promethea Moth)
Saturniidae (Giant Silk Moths)

Hyalophora cecropia
(Cecropia Moth)
Saturniidae (Giant Silk Moths)

Archips purpurana ###
(Omnivorous Leafroller Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Phaecasiophora niveiguttana ###
(Labyrinth Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Platynota flavidana
(Black-shaded Platynota)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)



* larvae bore into living stems & roots
** larvae are leaf-miners, adults feed on leaves
*** larvae feed on leaves, curling them
# found on bark, ## found on foliage
### larvae are leaf-rollers, § oligophagous 

Sources: Yanega (1996), Cranshaw (2004),
Felt (1917), Dmitriev & Dietrich (accessed 2010),
DeLong (1948), ScaleNet (accessed 2014),
Covell (1984/2005), Needham et al. (1928),
Bouseman & Sternburg (2001), Wagner (2005),
Miller (1987)


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