Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Lespedeza spp. (Bush Clover) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Stannard, Barnes, Wagner, Arnett & Jacques, Clark et al., Rider, Bouseman et al., Covell, Arment)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Anomoea laticlavia Clk2004, Odontota horni Clk2004, Phyllecthris dorsalis Clk2004, Phyllecthris gentilis Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Neottiglossa cavifrons Rid2009
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Utetheisa bella (Bella Moth) AJ1981 Cv2005; Cosmopterigidae: Triclonella pergandeella [larvae mine leaves] Cv2005; Hesperiidae: Achalarus lyciades (Hoary Edge) Bou2006 Wg2005, Epargyreus clarus (Silver-Spotted Skipper) Bar1999, Thorybes pylades (Northern Cloudywing) [preferred host plants] Bar1999 Bou2006 Wg2005; Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue) Bar1999 Wg2005, Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak) [polyphagous, larvae feed on flowers & developing seedpods] Bar1999; Noctuidae: Ptichodis herbarum (Common Ptichodis) Cv2005; Notodontidae: Dasylophia anguina (Black-Spotted Prominent) Cv2005 Wg2005; Pieridae: Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulfur) Bar1999
Phasmatodea (Walkingsticks)
Diapheromeridae: Diapheromera velii (Prairie Walkingstick) Arm2006
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Neohydatothrips desmodianus (Tick Trefoil Thrips) St1968