Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Ageratina altissima (White Snakeroot) [Asteraceae]
(A scientific synonym of this plant is Eupatorium rugosum. Observations are from the Microleps website, Rider, Clark et al., Needham et al., Felt, Pepper, Spencer & Steyskal, Ford & Jackman, Natural History Museum, Wilhelm & Rericha, Williams, Baranowski & Slater)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Calligrapha bidenticola [found on foliage & inflorescence] WR2017, Sumitrosis inaequalis [larvae mine leaves] Clk2004 Ndm1928 WR2017; Mordellidae: Mordellistena rubrifascia [larvae bore through stems] FJ1996
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Calycomyza artemisiae [larvae are blotch leaf-miners; found in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, & Canada] SS1986, Calycomyza flavinotum [larvae are blotch leaf-miners; found in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, & Canada] SS1986, Liriomyza eupatoriella [larvae are leaf-miners; found in Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, & Minnesota] SS1986 WR2017, Ophiomyza texana [larvae are stem-miners; polyphagous] Ndm1928; Cecidomyiidae: Asphondylia eupatorii [green fleshy galls on stems] Flt1917, Neolasioptera eupatorii [larvae form subgloboid or fusiform galls on stems] Flt1917 WR2017
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Coreidae: Piezogaster calcarator BS1986; Miridae: Poecilocapsus lineatus [feeds on leaves] Wm2004; Pentatomidae: Acrosternum hilaris (Green Stink Bug) [polyphagous] Rid2009, Euschistus stigma stigma Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis coreopsidis [found on upper stems & branches of inflorescence] Pp1965 WR2017, Uroleucon chrysanthemi Pp1965
Hymenoptera
Formicidae: Camponotus subbarbatus [feeds on honeydew secreted by Aphis coreopsidis while the latter insect feeds on this plant] WR2017, Prenolepis imparis (False Honey Ant) [feeds on honeydew secreted by Aphis coreopsidis while the latter insect feeds on this plant] WR2017
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Haploa clymene (Clymene Moth) NHM2010; Gracillariidae: Leucospilapteryx venustella [larvae are blotch leaf-miners] Mic2010 Ndm1928 NHM2010; Tortricidae: Dichrorampha leopardana (Leopard Leafroller Moth) [original reference to Eupatorium probably refers to this plant species] NHM2010