Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Campbell et al., Sauer, Opler & Krizek, Boe & Johnson, Wilhelm & Rericha, Williams)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Brentidae: Apion capitone [larvae feed on seeds, found in prairies, Dalea candida is also a host plant; syn. Kissingeria capitone] Sau2005 Pnz2006 WR2017, Apion reconditum [larvae feed on seeds, found in prairies; syn. Trichapion reconditum] Sau2005, Apion tenuirostrum [larvae feed on seeds; syn. Trichapion tenuirostrum] BJ2014 WR2017; Chrysomelidae: Acanthoscelides seminulum [larvae feed on seeds] BJ2014 WR2017
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Alydidae: Alydus conspersus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Alydus eurinus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Alydus pilosulus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004; Miridae: Lopidea minor Kn1941; Pentatomidae: Euschistus servus euschistoides [feeds on seeds] Wm2004
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Pieridae: Colias cesonia (Dogface Sulphur) OK1984
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Melanoplus confusus (Little Pasture Grasshopper) [a preferred host plant] Cmp1974