Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Astragalus canadensis (Canada Milkvetch) [Fabaceae]
(observations are from Barnes, Marcovitch, Boe & Johnson, Williams)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Acanthoscelides perforatus [larvae feed on seeds] BJ2014, Acanthoscelides schrankiae (Sensitive Brier Seed Beetle) [larvae feed on seeds] Mar1916; Curculionidae: Tychius aratus (Milkvetch Weevil) [larvae feed on seeds] Mar1916, Tychius liljebladi [larvae feed on seeds] BJ2014
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Alydidae: Alydus conspersus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Alydus eurinus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004; Coreidae: Euthochtha galeator [feeds on developing seedpods] Wm2004
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing) Bar1999