Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Chrysopsis spp. (Golden Asters) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Vestal, Wagner, Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Felt, Ford & Jackman, Panzer et al., ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Mecas pergrata [larvae bore through stems & roots] Vst1913; Mordellidae: Mordellistena pustulata [larvae bore through stems] FJ1996
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Rhopalomyia chrysopsidis (Golden Aster Bud Midge) [larvae form woolly bud galls] Flt1917
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Chlorachroa persimilis [found on plants] Vst1913
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Pseudococcidae: Pseudantonina wilkeyi [found on flowerheads; this mealybug occurs in Virginia] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Cucullia alfarata (Camphorweed Cucullia) [larvae feed on flowers] Wg2005, Schinia saturata (Brown Flower Moth) Pnz2006
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Melanoplus dawsoni (Dawson's Grasshopper) Wy1994