Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Arctium minus (Common Burdock) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Marshall, Clark et al., Hottes & Frison, Covell, Needham et al., Pepper, Robinson & Bradley, Spencer & Steyskal, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Cassida rubiginosa Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Amauromyza maculosa [larvae are leaf-miners] Ndm1928, Calycomyza flavinotum [larvae are blotch leaf-miners; found in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, & Canada] SS1986, Liriomyza arctii [larvae are leaf-miners; found in Wisconsin, Minnesota, & Canada] SS1986
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis fabae (Black Bean Aphid) [polyphagous] Pp1965 RB1965, Aphis rumicis (Dock Aphid) [polyphagous] HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gelechiidae: Metzneria lappella (Burdock Seedhead Moth) [larvae feed on seeds] Msh2006; Noctuidae: Papaipema arctivorens (Northern Burdock Borer) [larvae feed on roots] Cv2005 Msh2006 NHM2010, Papaipema cataphracta (Burdock Borer) [polyphagous] Msh2006; Nymphalidae: Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady) [polyphagous] NHM2010