Insects Feeding
on Greenbriers
(Smilax spp.)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Pachyonychus paradoxus
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Camptoneuromyia rubifolia *
(Smilax Blister Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Dasineura smilacifolia **
(Smilax Leaf Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Neoprociphilus aceris ***
(Woolly Maple Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Diastrophus smilacis #
(Smilax Stem Gall Wasp)
Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)

Acrolepiopsis heppneri ##
(no common name)
Acrolepiidae (False Diamondback Moths)

Acrolepiopsis incertella ##
(no common name)
Acrolepiidae (False Diamondback Moths)

Marmara smilacisella ###
(Smilax Leafminer)
Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Proleucoptera smilaciella ###
(no common name)
Lyonetiidae (Lyonet Moths)

Phosphila miselioides §
(Spotted Phosphila)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Phosphila turbulenta §
(Turbulent Phosphila)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Phyprosopus callitrichoides
(Curve-lined Owlet)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Pseudogalleria inimicella §§
(Inimical Borer Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Ctenothrips bridwelli §§§
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)

Thrips crawfordi
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)

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* larvae form oval spots on leaves
** larvae roll leaves longitudinally
*** found on stems & leaves during the summer
# larvae form galls on stems
## larvae skeletonize leaves
### larvae are leaf-miners, § larvae feed on leaves
§§ larvae bore into stem bases
§§§ adults found on foliage

Sources: Clark et al. (2004), Felt (1917),
Blackman & Eastop (accessed 2013),
Needham et al. (1928), Wagner (2005),
Miller (1987), Microleps (accessed 2010),
Stannard (1968), Nakahara (1994)

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