Insects Feeding
on Violets
(Viola spp.)




Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Calycomyza jucunda *
(no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)

Galiomyza violivora *
(no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)

Dasineura semenivora **
(Violet Fruit Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Prodiplosis violicola ***
(Violet Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Abstrusomyzus phloxae
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Aulacorthum circumflexum
(Crescent-marked Lily Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Myzus persicae
(Green Peach Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Neotoxoptera violae §
(Violet Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Phenacoccus solani §§
(Solanum Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Spilococcus geraniae §
(Geranium Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Ametastegia pallipes §§§
(Violet Sawfly)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Nefusa ambigua *
(no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Apantesis nais
(Nais Tiger Moth)
Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

Hypercompe scribonia
(Giant Leopard Moth)
Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

Eubaphe mendica
(The Beggar)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Boloria bellona
(Meadow Fritillary)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Boloria selene myrina
(Silver-bordered Fritillary)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Euptoieta claudia
(Variegated Fritillary)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Speyeria aphrodite
(Aphrodite Fritillary)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Speyeria atlantis
(Atlantis Fritillary)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Speyeria cybele
(Great Spangled Fritillary)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Speyeria diana
(Diana)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Speyeria idalia
(Regal Fritillary)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Archips purpurana
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Odontothrips pictipennis
(no common name)
Thripidae (Thrips)



* larvae are leaf-miners, ** larvae deform seed capsules
*** larvae fold leaves to provide shelter for their galls,
§ found on leaf undersides
§§ found on lower leaves & roots
§§§ larvae skeletonize leaves

Sources: Needham et al. (1928),
Spencer & Steyskal (1986), Felt (1917),
Aldrich & Osten-Sacken (1905), Blackman & Eastop (2013),
Pepper (1965), Hottes & Frison (1931),
ScaleNet website (accessed 2014), Smith (2006),
Covell (1984/2005), Wagner (2005),
Bouseman & Sternburg (2001), Opler & Krizek (1984),
Miller (1987), Stannard (1968)

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