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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Desmodium illinoense
(Illinois Tick Trefoil) [Fabaceae]
(observations are from Clark et al., Sauer, Gangwere, Williams)

Coleoptera (Beetles)

Brentidae: Trichapion reconditum [feeds on seeds, found in prairies] Sau2005; Chrysomelidae: Colaspis brunnea Clk2004, Odontota horni Clk2004

Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Alydidae: Alydus eurinus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Megalotomus quinquespinosus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004

Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Spharagemon collare (Mottled Sand Grasshopper) [lab observations] Ggw1961
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