Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Xanthium strumarium (Common Cocklebur) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Hart & Gleason, Clark et al., Vaurie, Hottes & Frison, and Marshall)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Ophraella communa Clk2004; Curculionidae: Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus (Five-Spotted Billbug) Vau1983, Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (Thirteen-Spotted Billbug) HG1907 Vau1983
Diptera (Flies)
Tephritidae: Euaresta aequalis [larvae feed on flowers & developing seeds, oligophagous] Msh2006
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Uroleucon ambrosiae HF1931