Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Melilotus spp. (Sweet Clover) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Funkhouser, Wagner, Knight, Dennis, Microleps website, Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Clark et al., Dmitriev & Dietrich, Milne & Milne, Bouseman & Sternburg, Covell, Cranshaw)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Cerotoma trifurcata Clk2004, Colaspis brunnea Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Adelphocoris lineolatus (Alfalfa Plant Bug) [feeds on flowers & newly formed seeds] Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Nearctaphis bakeri (Clover Aphid) [sweet clover is summer host] Crw2004; Cicadellidae: Empoasca alboneura DD2010, Empoasca erigeron [polyphagous] DD2010, Empoasca fabae [polyphagous] DD2010, Empoasca sativae DD2010; Membracidae: Campylenchia latipes [polyphagous] Den1952, Ceresa bubalus (Buffalo Treehopper) [polyphagous] Den1952, Enchenopa binotata [polyphagous] Den1952, Hadrophallus borealis [polyphagous] Den1952, Pubilia concava [polyphagous] Den1952, Stictocephala diceros [polyphagous] Den1952, Stictocephala lutea Den1952, Stictocephala taurina [polyphagous] Den1952, Tortistylus inermis [polyphagous] Den1952 Fnk1917
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Utetheisa bella (Bella Moth) MM1980; Cosmopterigidae: Walshia miscecolorella (Sweet Clover Root Borer) [larvae bore through stems & roots] Cv2005; Geometridae: Pleuroprucha insularia (Common Tan Wave) [larvae feed on flowers] Wg2005, Scopula inducata (Soft-Lined Wave) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Gracillariidae: Parectopa occulta [larvae are leaf-miners] Mic2010; Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue) Wg2005, Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's Blue) [larvae feed on buds & flowers] BS2001; Notodontidae: Dasylophia anguina (Black-Spotted Prominent) Wg2005; Pieridae: Colias philodice (Clouded Sulfur) Wg2005; Pyralidae: Nomophila nearctica [polyphagous] Cv2005
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Melanoplus keeleri (Keeler's Grasshopper) Wy1994, Melanoplus packardii (Packard's Grasshopper) Wy1994