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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Aster patens
(Spreading Aster) [Asteraceae]
(also called Late Purple Aster; observations are from Clark et al., Aldrich & Osten-Sacken, Felt)

Coleoptera (Beetles)

Chrysomelidae: Microrhopala xerene [larvae mine leaves] Clk2004

Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae:  Asphondylia monacha (Nun Midge) [larvae cause deformed flowerhead buds] Flt1917, Asphondylia recondita [larvae form galls on foliage] AOS1905
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