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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Ludwigia alternifolia
(Seedbox) [Onagraceae]
(observations are from Clark et al., Harms & Grodowitz, Pepper, and Wilhelm & Rericha)

Coleoptera (Beetles)

Chrysomelidae: Colaspis suggona Clk2004; Curculionidae: Acanthoscelidius acephalus [feeds on this plant] WR2017, Auleutes ater [feeds on this plant] WR2017, Perigaster cretura [feeds on leaves, found in E. USA] HG2009

Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Myzus lythri (Purple Loosestrife Aphid) [possible misidentification of aphid species] Pp1965

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