Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Apocynum spp. (Dogbane) [Apocynaceae]
(Observations are from Yanega, Wagner, Hottes & Frison, Milne & Milne, Covell, Felt, Blackman & Eastop, Opler & Krizek)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Red Milkweed Beetle) Ya1996; Chrysomelidae: Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Leaf Beetle) [larvae feed on roots, adults feed on leaves] MM1980
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Clinodiplosis apocyni (Dogbane Flower Midge) [larvae cause swollen flower buds] Flt1917
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Abstrusomyzus phloxae [polyphagous] BE2013, Aphis asclepiadis HF1931, Aphis citricola [polyphagous] HF1931, Macrosiphum gei [polyphagous] HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Cycnia oregonensis (Oregon Cycnia) [oligophagous] Cv2005 Wg2005, Cycnia tenera (Delicate Cycnia) [oligophagous] Cv2005 Wg2005; Geometridae: Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (Blackberry Looper) [larvae feed on leaves, polyphagous] Wg2005; Noctuidae: Pyrrhia exprimens (Purple-Lined Sallow) [larvae prefer flowers, buds, & developing fruit, polyphagous] Wg2005, Spargaloma sexpunctata (Six-Spotted Gray) Cv2005; Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus (Monarch) [rarely selected as a host plant] OK1984