Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Arctium minus (Common Burdock) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Marshall, Clark et al., Hottes & Frison, Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Cassida rubiginosa Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis rumicis [polyphagous] HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gelechiidae: Metzneria lappella [larvae feed on seedheads] Msh2006; Noctuidae: Papaipema arctivorens (Northern Burdock Borer) [larvae feed on roots] Cv2005 Msh2006, Papaipema cataphracta (Burdock Borer) [polyphagous] Msh2006