Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Diodia teres (Rough Buttonweed) [Rubiaceae]
(Observations are from Clark et al., ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Strabala rufa [preferred host plant] Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus diodium (Buttonweed Mealybug) [feeds on roots; this insect has been found along the SE coast of the USA as far north as Maryland] SN2014