Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Vicia spp. (Vetch) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, Milne & Milne, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Barnes, Hottes & Frison, Wagner, Bouseman & Sternburg, Bouseman et al., Covell, Cranshaw)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Acyrthosiphon pisum HF1931; Cicadellidae: Empoasca alboneura DD2010, Empoasca bifurcata [preferred host plants] DD2010, Empoasca erigeron [polyphagous] DD2010, Empoasca fabae [polyphagous] DD2010, Empoasca sativae DD2010
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing) Bou2006, Erynnis funeralis (Funereal Duskywing) [found in southern IL] Bou2006; Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue) [larvae feed on buds & flowers] Bar1999 BS2001 Wg2005, Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi (Silvery Blue) [larvae feed on flowers, found mostly in NE Illinois] BS2001 MM1980 Wg2005, Leptotes marina (Marine Blue) MM1980, Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak) [larvae feed on flowers, buds, & developing seedpods] Bar1999; Noctuidae: Caenurgina chloropha (Vetch Looper Moth) Cv2005; Pieridae: Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulfur) Bar1999 BS2001, Colias philodice (Clouded Sulfur) Bar1999 Wg2005; Tortricidae: Cnephasia longana (Omnivorous Leaftier) [larvae feed on foliage] Crw2004
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Sericothrips cingulatus [found in grassy areas & sedge marshes] Van1974