T. bimaculata 1 claim

Interactor role: herbivore

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Claim · model-written summary

Nymphs, especially T. bimaculata, occupied abandoned locust twig borer burrows on black locust.

Taxon: RobiniaRobiniat0
Interactor: T. bimaculataThelia bimaculatae0herbivore
Second interactor: Ecdytolopha insiticianaEcdytolopha insiticianae0herbivore
Outcome: occupy old (abandoned) burrowse0

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“nymphs, particularly those of T. bimaculata, also were observed to occupy old (abandoned) burrows (tunnels) of the locust twig borer (Ecdytolopha insiticiana Zeller; Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 724–915

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“Robinia (Fabaceae)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 118–136

Title

Thelia bimaculata (F.) and Vanduzea arquata (Say) (Hemiptera: Membracidae) in the Southern Appalachians: New Hosts in Robinia (Fabaceae) and Nymphal Use of Abandoned Cavities of the Locust Twig Borer

A. G. Wheeler, Jr. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 2016. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.118.3.436

Other claims from this paper (6)

Observation Both treehoppers used R. hartwigii as a host.
Observation V. arquata nymphs also developed on R. hispida.
Observation Neither membracid was trapped on sticky R. hartwigii stems.
Observation Only adults trapped in exudate were observed on R. viscosa.
Observation Ants tended membracid nymphs inside excavated stems.
Observation Ants also occurred around locust twig borer larval exit holes.