Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Heracleum maximum (Cow Parsnip) [Apiaceae]
(A scientific synonym of this plant is Heracleum lanatum. Observations are from Stannard, Knight, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Robinson & Bradley, Spencer & Steyskal)
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Calycomyza jucunda [larvae are leaf-miners, polyphagous] Ndm1928, Phytomyza albiceps [larvae are leaf-miners] Ndm1928, Phytomyza pastinacae [larvae are leaf-miners; found in New York & Europe] SS1986; Tephritidae: Euleia heraclei (Hogweed Picture-Wing Fly) Ndm1928
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Orthops scutellatus (Carrot Plant Bug) [eats seeds] Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis decepta [feeds on leaf undersides; found in Illinois, New York, & Pennsylvania] BE2013, Aphis heraclella [some authors regard this aphid species as a synonym for Aphis carduella] RB1965, Cavariella aegopodii (Willow-Carrot Aphid) [found on young leaves & catkins of willows, migrating during the summer to the leaves & inflorescences of various herbaceous plants in the Apiaceae] BE2013, Cavariella pastinacae [found on leaves & new growth of willows, migrating during the summer to various herbaceous plants in the Apiaceae; Cow Parsnip is a preferred summer host] BE2013, Cavariella theobaldi [found on leaves & new growth of willows, migrating during the summer to various herbaceous plants of the Apiaceae; Cow Parsnip is a preferred summer host] BE2013
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Taeniothrips vulgatissima [oligophagous, preferred host plant] St1968