Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Vernonia fasciculata (Smooth Ironweed) [Asteraceae]
(observations are from Thomas, Hottes & Frison, Lisberg & Young, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Mordellidae: Mordellina pustulata [larvae bore through stems] LY2003
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis vernoniae [found on stems & undersides of leaves, observed in Iowa & Illinois] HF1931 Th1877
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Coleophoridae: Coleophora vernoniaeella [larvae are leaf-miners] NHM2010; Noctuidae: Papaipema circumlucens (Hop Stalk Borer Moth) NHM2010