Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) [Asclepiadaceae]
(Observations are from Hoffman, Marshall, Clark et al., Milne & Milne, Hottes & Frison, Needham et al., Felt, Opler & Krizek, Pepper, Spencer & Steyskal)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Labidomera clivicollis (Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle) [preferred host plant, feeds on foliage & flowers] Clk2004 MM1980 Msh2006
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Liriomyza asclepiadis [found in Indiana, Minnesota, New York, & New Hampshire; syn. Liriomyza aclepiadis] SS1986, Liriomyza pusilla [larvae are leaf-miners, polyphagous] Ndm1928; Cecidomyiidae: Neolasioptera asclepiae (Milkweed Stem Midge) [larvae cause fusiform galls to develop on stems] Flt1917
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Oncopeltus fasicatus (Large Milkweed Bug) [feeds on seeds or seedpods] Hof1996
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis nerii (Yellow Milkweed Aphid) HF1931 Pp1965
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skipper, & Moths)
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus (Monarch) OK1984