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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Alcea rosea
(Hollyhock) [Malvaceae]
(Observations are from Milne & Milne, Wagner, Knight, Marshall, Bouseman et al., Covell, Cranshaw)

Coleoptera (Beetles)
Brentidae: Apion longirostre (Hollyhock Weevil) [adults feed on foliage, larvae feed on seeds] Crw2004 Msh2006

Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Brooksetta althaeae (Hollyhock Plant Bug) Kn1941

Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Pyrgus communis (Common Checkered Skipper) Bou2006 Wg2005; Noctuidae: Acontia aprica (Exposed Bird-Dropping Moth) Cv2005, Anomis erosa (Yellow Scallop Moth) Wg2005, Autographa precationis (Common Looper) [polyphagous] Crw2004 Cv2005 Wg2005, Mamestra configurata (Bertha Armyworm) Crw2004; Nymphalidae: Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady) Crw2004 MM1980 Wg2005 

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