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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Echium vulgare
(Viper's Bugloss) [Boraginaceae]
(observations are from Marshall, Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Powell)

Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Longitarsus melanurus Clk2004

Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Plagiognathus politus WHM1983; Tingidae: Dictyla echii [feeds on flowers] Msh2006

Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Brachycaudus cardui (Thistle Aphid) [found on stems & leaves] BE2013

Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)

Depressariidae: Ethmia bipunctella [larvae found on flowers; this introduced moth has been found in New Jersey & Quebec] Msh2006 Pw1973
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