Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Bidens cernua (Nodding Bur-Marigold) [Asteraceae]
(observations are from Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Calligrapha bidenticola Clk2004, Calligrapha californica Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis mimuli [curls young leaves of currant & gooseberry, migrating to various herbaceous plants during the summer; preferred secondary hosts are monkeyflowers] BE2013, Uroleucon chrysanthemi [found on upper stems & foliage] WR2017
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Tortricidae: Epiblema otiosana (Bidens Borer Moth) [larvae bore through stems] NHM2010