Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Baptisia spp. (Wild Indigo) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, Wagner, Clark et al., Stannard, Bouseman & Sternburg, Bouseman et al., Covell, Miller)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Pachybrachis luridus Clk2004
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Achalarus lyciades (Hoary Edge) Bou2006 Wg2005, Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing) Bar1999 Bou2006; Lycaenidae: Callophrys irus (Frosted Elfin) [larvae feed on fruits, found in NE Illinois] BS2001, Everes comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue) Bar1999, Leptotes marina (Marine Blue) [rare migrant in IL] BS2001; Notodontidae: Dasylophia anguina (Black-Rimmed Prominent) Cv2005 Wg2005; Pieridae: Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulfur) Bar1999 BS2001, Colias philodice (Clouded Sulfur) Bar1999; Tortricidae: Grapholita tristrigana [larvae feed on stems or seeds] Mlr1987
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Neohydatothrips baptisiae [observed in IL, oligophagous] St1968 Van1974