Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. John's Wort) [Hypericaceae]
(Observations are from Dmitriev & Dietrich, Clark et al., Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Hamilton, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Graphops curtipennis Clk2004, Paria sellata Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Hyalomyzus triangulatus [found on leaf axils; this aphid has been observed in Illinois & Maryland] BE2013; Cercopidae: Clastoptera hyperici (St. John's Wort Spittlebug) [found in Virginia, Maryland, & Ontario] Hm1982; Cicadellidae: Erasmoneura rubricata [a preferred host plant] DD2010; Diaspididae: Aonidomytilus crookiae (St. John's Wort Scale) [found in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, & Virginia] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nepticulidae: Nepticula hypericella [leaf-miner, syn. Ectoedemia hypericella] Ndm1928