Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Vernonia spp. (Ironweed) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Vaurie, Rider, Clark et al., DeLong, Hottes & Frison, Yanega, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Hemierana marginata ardens Ya1996; Chrysomelidae: Exema canadensis Clk2004; Curculionidae: Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (Thirteen-Spotted Billbug) Vau1983
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Brochymena quadripustulata (Four-Humped Stink Bug) Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis citricola [polyphagous] HF1931, Kyboasca atrolabes [possible host plants] DD2010; Cicadellidae: Oncometopia nigricans Dlg1948
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Grammia parthenice (Parthenice Tiger Moth) Cv2005, Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger Moth) [polyphagous, found in northern IL] Cv2005; Noctuidae: Papaipema cerussata (Ironweed Borer Moth) [oligophagous] Cv2005, Perigaea xanthioides (Red Groundling) Cv2005, Pyreferra hesperidago (Mustard Sallow) Cv2005; Pyralidae: Polygrammodes flavidalis [larvae bore into roots] Cv2005, Polygrammodes langdonalis Cv2005