Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Hoffman, Microleps website, Clark et al., Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Physonota helianthi Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Lygaeus turcicus [eats seeds, a preferred host] Hof1996
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Papaipema rigida (Rigid Sunflower Borer Moth) [found in northern IL] Cv2005; Tischeriidae: Astrotischeria heliopsisella [larvae are leaf-miners] Mic2010