Herbivorous Insects on the Saltcedars, Tamarix spp. (Tamaricareae) in Xinjiang, Western China

Herbivorous insects and mites were surveyed on the saltcedars, Tamarix spp. (Tamaricareae) in Xinjiang, western China, from 1992 to 2002. One hunderend and five species in 29 families of 7 orders of the Arthropoda were listed with their distributions and feeding traits. Among different feeding guilds, there were 37 species of leaf-chewing insects accounting for 28.0% of the total, 48 species of leaf-sucking insects (36.4%), 23 species of flower-fruit-feeding insects (17.4%), 18 species of branch-stem-attacking insects (13.6%), and 7 species of root-boring insects (5.3%).