Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead) [Scrophulariaceae]
(Observations are from Marshall, Clark et al., Wagner, Bouseman & Sternburg, Smith, Opler & Krizek, Spencer & Steyskal, Panzer et al., Eiseman)
Coleoptera (Beetle)
Chrysomelidae: Dibolia chelones [oligophagous or monophagous; larvae are leaf-miners] Clk2004 Eis2016
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Phytomyza chelonei [larvae feed on seeds; found in Indiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, & Canada] SS1986
Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies)
Tenthredinidae: Tenthredo grandis [larvae feed on foliage] Sm2006
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Papaipema nepheleptena (Turtlehead Borer Moth) Pnz2006; Nymphalidae: Euphydryas phaeton phaeton (Baltimore) [primary host plant in northern half of IL] BS2001 Msh2006 Wg2005 OK1984