Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Lathyrus venosus (Veiny Pea) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Microleps website, Bouseman & Sternburg, Opler & Krizek, Nakahara, Williams)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Alydidae: Alydus eurinus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004; Miridae: Lopidea lathyrae Kn1941
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Protolithocolletis lathyri [larvae are tentiform leaf-miners, partial leaf-folders] Mic2010; Lycaenidae: Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi (Silvery Blue) [larvae feed on flowers, found mostly in NE Illinois] BS2001 OK1984
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Thrips gracilis Nk1994