Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Lactuca spp. (Wild Lettuce) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Stannard, Wagner, Hottes & Frison, Covell, Cranshaw)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Hyperomyzus lactucae HF1931, Macrosiphum gei [polyphagous] HF1931, Nasonovia ribisnigri (Currant-Lettuce Aphid) [wild lettuce is summer host] Crw2004 HF1931, Pemphigus bursarius (Lettuce Root Aphid) [feeds on roots, forms galls] Crw2004, Prociphilus erigeronensis HF1931, Uroleucon ambrosiae (Brown Ambrosia Aphid) Crw2004 HF1931, Uroleucon gravicorne HF1931, Uroleucon pseudambrosiae (False Ambrosia Aphid) Crw2004, Uroleucon rudbeckiae HF1931, Uroleucon sonchella HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Autographa precationis (Common Looper) [polyphagous] Wg2005, Cucullia intermedia (Intermediate Cucullia) [larvae feed on flowers] Cv2005 Wg2005
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Thrips physapus (Dandelion Thrips) St1968