Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Desmodium canescens (Hoary Tick Trefoil) [Fabaceae]
(observations are from Clark et al., MacRae, Ford & Jackman)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Pachyschelus laevigatus [larvae mine leaves, oligophagous] Mcr1991; Chrysomelidae: Bassareus lituratus Clk2004, Cerotoma trifurcata Clk2004, Odontota horni Clk2004; Mordellidae: Mordellina nigricans [larvae bore through stems; they are also found in stems of other Desmodium spp.] FJ1996