Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Melilotus alba (White Sweet Clover) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Funkhouser, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Wyom. Agr. Exp. Sta., Hottes & Frison, Rider, Bouseman & Sternburg, Needham et al., Gangwere, Opler & Krizek, Pepper, Robinson & Bradley, Majka et al.)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Brentidae: Mesotrichapion cyanitinctum [this insect has been found in S Manitoba & Nova Scotia; syn. Apion cyanitinctum] MAM2007
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Liriomyza pusilla [leaf-miner, polyphagous] Ndm1928
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Coenus delia Rid2009, Euschistus servus [polyphagous] Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Acyrthosiphon pisum (Pea Aphid) HF1931 Pp1965 RB1965, Hysteroneura setariae (Rusty Plum Aphid) HF1931, Therioaphis riehmi (Sweet Clover Aphid) Pp1965 RB1965; Cicadellidae: Empoasca fabae [polyphagous] DD2010; Membracidae: Ceresa bubalus (Buffalo Treehopper) [polyphagous] Fnk1917
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Lycaenidae: Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi (Silvery Blue) [larvae feed on flowers, found mostly in NE Illinois] BS2001 OK1984; Pieridae: Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur) OK1984, Colias philodice (Clouded Sulphur) [rarely selected as a host plant] OK1984
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Chortophaga viridifasciata (Green-striped Grasshoppers) [lab observations] Ggw1961, Melanoplus confusus (Little Pasture Grasshopper) [lab observations] Ggw1961, Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-legged Grasshopper) Wy1994, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Migratory Grasshopper) [lab observations] Ggw1961, Melanoplus scudderi (Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper) [feeds on flowers & floral stalks, field observations] Ggw1961