Insects Feeding on Various Parts
of Wild
Sunflowers
| Insects | ||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Plant Parts |
| Silvery Checkerspot | Chlosyne nycteis | foliage |
| Gorgone Checkerspot | Chlosyne gorgone | foliage |
| Isabella Tiger Moth | Pyrrharctia isabella | foliage |
| Sunflower Borer Moth | Papaipoma necopina | stems |
| Rigid Sunflower Borer Moth | Papaipoma rigida | stems |
| Burdock Borer Moth | Papaipoma cataphracta | stems |
| Blackberry Looper Moth | Chlorochlamys chlorolencaria | flowers |
| Common Looper Moth | Autographa precautionis | foliage |
| Sunflower Gall Moth | Gnorimoschema sp. | galls on stems |
| Frothy Moth | Stibadium spumosum | flowers, seeds |
| Spur-Throated Grasshopper sp. | Melanoplus angustipennis | foliage |
| Leaf Beetle sp. | Trirhabda adela | foliage |
| Leaf Beetle sp. | Ophraella conferta | foliage |
| Leaf Miner Beetle | Microrhapala cyanea | foliage |
| Four-Lined Plant Bug | Poecilocapsus lineatus | juices |