Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Ambrosia trifida (Giant Ragweed) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Thomas, Clark et al., Marshall, Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Dennis, Microleps website, Knight, Hottes & Frison, Rider, Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Brachypnoea clypealis Clk2004, Calligrapha californica Clk2004, Calligrapha praecelsis Clk2004, Exema dispar Clk2004, Zygogramma suturalis Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Tephritidae: Euaresta festiva Msh2006
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygus plagiatus Kn1941; Pentatomidae: Acrosternum hilaris (Green Stink Bug) [polyphagous] Rid2009, Mormidea lugens Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Uroleucon ambrosiae HF1931, Uroleucon rudbeckiae HF1931 Th1877; Membracidae: Acutalis tartarea Den1952, Campylenchia latipes [polyphagous] Den1952, Ceresa bubalus (Buffalo Treehopper) [polyphagous] Den1952, Entylia bactriana [polyphagous] Den1952, Hadrophallus borealis [polyphagous] Den1952, Pubilia concava [polyphagous] Den1952, Stictocephala diceros [polyphagous] Den1952, Stictocephala taurina [polyphagous] Den1952, Tortistilus inermis [polyphagous] Den1952
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gelechiidae: Chionodes mediofuscella [larvae feed on seeds] Cv2005; Gracillariidae: Cremastobombycia ambrosiella [larvae are tentiform leaf-miners] Mic2010; Noctuidae: Plagiomimicus pityochromus (Black-Barred Brown) Cv2005, Schinia thoreaui (Thoreau's Flower Moth) [monophagous, larvae feed on flowers & developing seeds] Cv2005; Tischeriidae: Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella [larvae are leaf-miners] Mic2010, Astrotischeria heliopsisella [larvae are leaf-miners] Mic2010
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Melanoplus bivittatus (Two-Striped Grasshopper) Wy1994, Melanoplus differentialis (Differential Grasshopper) Wy1994