Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Plantago lanceolata (English Plantain) [Plantaginaceae]
(observations are from Knight, Rider, Clark et al., Cranshaw, Needham et al., Gangwere, Opler & Krizek, Spencer & Steyskal, Majka et al., Wilhelm & Rericha)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Dibolia borealis (Northern Plantain Flea Beetle) [adults & larvae feed on leaves, larvae are leaf-miners] Clk2004; Curculionidae: Mecinus pascuorum [this Eurasian insect is widely distributed in the USA & S Canada, larvae feed on developing seeds, monophagous or oligophagous; syn. Gymnetron pascuorum] MAM2007 WR2017, Mecinus pyraster [this weevil is widely distributed in North America & Eurasia, larvae feed on developing seeds, monophagous or oligophagous] WR2017
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Phytomyza plantaginis [larvae are leaf-miners; widespread] Ndm1928 SS1986
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Halticus bractatus (Garden Flea Hopper) [polyphagous] Kn1941; Pentatomidae: Cosmopepla lintneriana Rid2009, Euschistus servus [polyphagous] Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Dysaphis plantaginea (Rosy Apple Aphid) [English Plantain is a summer host] Crw2004
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nymphalidae: Euphydryas phaeton phaeton (Baltimore) [rarely selected as a host plant] OK1984, Junonia coenia (Buckeye) OK1984
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Tettigoniidae: Atlanticus testaceus (Protean Shieldback) [acceptable as a food plant, lab observations] Ggw1967, Conocephalus brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid) [nymphs feed on flowers, field observations] Ggw1961