Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Conyza canadensis (Horseweed) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Thomas, Knight, Hottes & Frison, Wagner, Covell)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Taylorilygus pallidulus Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Prociphilus erigeronensis HF1931, Uroleucon erigeronensis [found on flowering stalks, observed in Illinois] HF1931 Th1877
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Ctenoplusia oxygramma (Sharp-Stigma Looper Moth) [syn. Agrapha oxygramma] Cv2005, Cucullia speyeri (Speyer's Cucullia) [larvae feed on flowers] Wg2005, Schinia arcigera (Arcigera Flower Moth) [larvae feed on flowers] Wg2005