Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Mirabilis nyctaginea (Wild Four O'Clock) [Nyctaginaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, Stannard, Hart & Gleason, and Microleps website)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Coreidae: Catorhintha mendica (Wild Four O'Clock Bug) [oligophagous] HG1907
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Heliodinidae: Aetole tripunctella [larvae are leaf-miners] Mic2010, Embola ionis [larvae bore through stems] Mic2010, Neoheliodines cliffordi [larvae skeletonize leaves] Mic2010, Neoheliodines nyctaginella [larvae skeletonize leaves] Mic2010
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Sericothrips campestris [found on leaves of plants growing on gravelly railroad embankments in IL] St1968 Van1974