Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Lycopus virginicus (Virginia Bugleweed) [Lamiaceae]
(observations are from Felt, Blackman & Eastop)
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Neolasioptera mitchellae [larvae were reared from a plant in Washington, D.C.] Flt1917
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Hyalomyzus eriobotryae [found on young growth of hawthorns, migrating during the summer to some herbaceous plants in the Lamiaceae; distributed in E USA] BE2013, Kaltenbachiella ulmifusa (Slippery Elm Gall Aphid) [forms galls on midribs of elm leaves, migrating during the summer to the roots of Lycopus spp. & possibly other species in the Lamiaceae] BE2013, Tiliphagus lycoposugus [forms large nest galls on the leaves of basswood, migrating during the summer to the roots of Lycopus spp.; this aphid has been found in Maryland & North Carolina] BE2013