Insects Feeding
on Scots Pine
(Pinus sylvestris)
Insect Species | |
Scientific Name & Common Name (if any) |
Insect Family |
Callophrys
niphon (Eastern Pine Elfin) |
Lycaenidae |
Eucosma
gloriola (Eastern Pine Shoot Borer) |
Oleuthreutidae |
Dioryctria
zimmermani (Zimmerman Pine Moth) |
Pyralidae |
Synanthedon
pini (Pitch Mass Borer Moth) |
Sesiidae |
Lapara
bombycoides (Northern Pine Sphinx) |
Sphingidae |
Rhyacionia
adana (Pine Shoot Moth) |
Tortricidae |
Rhyacionia
buoliana (European Pine Shoot Moth) |
Tortricidae |
Pineus
strobi (Pine Bark Adelgid) |
Adelgidae |
Cinara
pini (Aphid sp.) |
Aphididae |
Eulachnus
rileyi (Aphid sp.) |
Aphididae |
Aphrophora
parallela (Pine Spittlebug) |
Cercopidae |
Toumeyella
pini (Striped Pine Scale) |
Coccidae |
Dichrooscytus
rufipennis (Plant Bug sp.) |
Miridae |
Phytocoris
pinicola (Plant Bug sp.) |
Miridae |
Pilophorus
gracilis (Plant Bug sp.) |
Miridae |
Buprestis
lineata* (Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle sp.) |
Buprestidae |
Chrysobothris
cribraria* (Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle sp.) |
Buprestidae |
Hylobius
radicis (Pine Root Collar Weevil) |
Curculionidae |
Hylobius
rhizophagus (Pine Root Tip Weevil) |
Curculionidae |
Pissodes
strobi (White Pine Weevil) |
Curculionidae |
Tomicus
piniperda (Common Pine Shoot Beetle) |
Scolytidae |
Diprion
similis (Introduced Pine Sawfly) |
Diprionidae |
Neodiprion
lecontei (Red-Headed Pine Sawfly) |
Diprionidae |
Neodiprion
sertifer (European Pine Sawfly) |
Diprionidae |
*larvae bore through wood of dead trees