Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Spinacia oleracea (Spinach) [Chenopodiaceae]
(observations are from Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Spencer & Steyskal)
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Liriomyza pusilla [larvae are leaf-miners, polyphagous] Ndm1928, Liriomyza trifolii [larvae are leaf-miners, polyphagous; widespread in E USA] SS1986; Anthomyiidae: Botanophila fugax [larvae mine roots, syn. Pegohylemyia fugax] Ndm1928, Pegomyza hyoscyami (Spinach Leafminer) Ndm1928
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Pemphigus betae (Sugar Beet Root Aphid) [forms galls on leaf undersides of poplar & cottonwood, migrating during the summer to the roots of some herbaceous plants in the Chenopodiaceae; Spinach is considered a possible host] BE2013