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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Mentha spicata
(Spearmint) [Lamiaceae]
(Observations are from Rider, Clark et al., Covell, Felt, Pepper, Natural History Museum, ScaleNet)

Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Longitarsus ferrugineus Clk2004

Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Dasineura aromaticae (Spearmint Gall Midge) [larvae form axillary or terminal bud galls] Flt1917

Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Pentatomidae: Coenus delia Rid2009

Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Ovatus crataegarius (Mint Aphid) [found on terminal shoots] Pp1965; Pseudococcidae:
Phenacoccus solenopsis (Solenopsis Mealybug) [feeds on foliage & sometimes roots, polyphagous; widespread] SN2014

Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Haploa lecontei (Leconte's Haploa) [polyphagous] Cv2005; Geometridae: Xanthotype sospeta (Crocus Geometer) [polyphagous] NHM2010
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