Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Rumex spp. (Dock) [Polygonaceae]
(Observations are from Vestal, Marshall, Clark et al., Hottes & Frison, Barnes, Arnett & Jacques, Bouseman & Sternburg, Covell, Wagner, Cranshaw)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Colaspis brunnea (Grape Colaspis) [adults feed on foliage] Crw2004, Mantura floridana Clk2004; Curculionidae: Lixus concavus [larvae live inside stems] Vst1913
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Adelphocoris rapidus [polyphagous] Kn1941, Poecilocapsus lineatus (Four-Lined Plant Bug) [polyphagous] Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis rumicis [polyphagous] HF1931 Th1877, Macrosiphum gei [polyphagous] HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger Moth) [polyphagous, found in northern IL] Cv2005; Geometridae: Eupithecia miserulata (Common Pug) [feeds on flowers, polyphagous] Wg2005, Orthonama obstipata (The Gem) [polyphagous] Cv2005, Timandra amaturaria (Cross-Lined Wave) [syn. Calothysanis amaturaria] Cv2005 Wg2005; Lycaenidae: Lycaena dione (Gray Copper) BS2001, Lycaena helloides (Purplish Copper) [found in northern half of IL] AL1981 BS2001, Lycaena hyllus (Bronze Copper) [larvae feed on leaves] Bar1999 BS2001 Wg2005, Lycaena phlaeas americana (American Copper) [this insect may be introduced into N. America from abroad] Bar1999 Msh2006; Noctuidae: Dypterygia rozmani (American Bird's Wing Moth) [possibly confused with Dypterygia scabriuscula] Cv2005, Luperina passer (Dock Rustic) [larvae feed on roots] Cv2005, Phlogophora iris (Olive Angle Shades) Cv2005, Pseudeustrotia carneola (Pink-Barred Pseudeustrotia) [syn. Lithacodia carneola] Cv2005