Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed Susan) [Asteraceae]
(This includes both var. hirta and var. pulcherrima. Observations are from Wagner, Hottes & Frison, Gangwere, Braun, Nakahara, Williams, Baranowski & Slater)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Coreidae: Euthochtha galeator [polyphagous] BS1986; Miridae: Poecilocapsus lineatus [feeds on leaves] Wm2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Uroleucon ambrosiae [possible misidentification of aphid species] HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gelechiidae: Isophrictis similiella [larvae bore into receptacles of flowerheads & upper stems] Br1921; Geometridae: Eupithecia miserulata (Common Pug) [larvae feed on flowerheads] Wg2005, Synchlora aerata (Wavy-Lined Emerald) [larvae feed on flowerheads] Wg2005 Lycaenidae: Chlosyne nycteis (Silvery Checkerspot) Wg2005
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Melanoplus confusus (Little Pasture Grasshopper) [lab observations] Ggw1961, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Migratory Grasshopper) [feeds on leaves, both field & lab observations] Ggw1961; Tettigoniidae: Atlanticus testaceus (Protean Shieldback) [feeds on leaves & flowerheads, lab observations] Ggw1967, Conocephalus strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid) [nymphs feed on flowerheads, field observations] Ggw1961
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Thrips trehernei [polyphagous] Nk1994