Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) [Asteraceae]
(observations are from Blackman & Eastop)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Nasonovia ribisnigri (Currant-Lettuce Aphid) [found on shoot tips of Ribes spp. & curling their young leaves, migrating during the summer to herbaceous plants in the Asteraceae & other plant families; this aphid occurs in NE & north-central USA, including Illinois] BE2013, Pemphigus bursarius (Poplar-Lettuce Aphid) [forms galls on petioles of poplar leaves, migrating during the summer to the roots of herbaceous plants in the Asteraceae; this aphid is found in north-central & NE USA] BE2013