Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Silphium integrifolium (Rosinweed) [Asteraceae]
(observations are from Arnett & Jacques, Hottes & Frison, Microleps website, Henderson & Sauer, Felt, Blackman & Eastop, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Physonota unipunctata [feeds on flowers & leaves, polyphagous] AJ1981
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Macrosiphum pallens [found in Illinois] HF1931 BE2013
Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies)
Cynipidae: Antistrophus bicolor HS2010, Antistrophus silphii (Rosinweed Stem Wasp) [larvae form large globoid galls on stems] Flt1917 HS2010
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Choreutidae: Tebenna silphiella (Rosinweed Moth) [larvae skeletonize leaves] Mic2010 NHM2010