Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Impatiens spp. (Jewelweed) [Balsaminaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, DeLong, Stannard, Hottes & Frison, Covell, Wagner, Marshall)
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Schizomyia impatientis [larvae form galls from flower buds] Msh2006
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis cephalanthi HF1931, Macrosiphum pseudorosae HF1931, Uroleucon impatinensicolens HF1931; Cicadellidae: Macrosteles variata [oligophagous] Dlg1948
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Spilosoma latipennis (Pink-Legged Tiger Moth) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Geometridae: Euchlaena obtusaria (Obtuse Euchlaena) [polyphagous] Cv2005 Wg2005, Trichodezia albovittata (White-Striped Black) [oligophagous] Cv2005 Msh2006 Wg2005
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Echinothrips americanus [found on foliage, observed in IL] St1968 Van1974, Thrips impar [observed in IL] St1968 Van1974