Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Sarracenia purpurea (Northern Pitcher Plant) [Sarraceniaceae]
(Observations are from Marshall, Wagner, Covell)
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Exyra fax (Epauletted Pitcher Plant Moth) [oligophagous] Wg2005, Exyra semicrocea [larvae feed on foliage, oligophagous] Msh2006, Papaipema appassionata (Pitcher Plant Borer Moth) [larvae bore into roots & stems of pitcher plants, found in peaty bogs] Cv2005; Tortricidae: Endothenia hebesana [larvae develop in seedheads, oligophagous] Msh2006