Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Artemisia frigida (Prairie Sagebrush) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Blackman & Eastop, Robinson & Bradley, Natural History Museum, ScaleNet)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis middletonii (Erigeron Root Aphid) [syn. Protaphis middletonii] RB1965, Epameibaphis frigidae RB1965, Macrosiphoniella frigidicola [found on leaves, this western aphid has been reported from Illinois & Manitoba] BE2013, Pleotrichophorus pseudoglandulosus RB1965; Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus solenopsis (Solenopsis Mealybug) [feeds on foliage & sometimes roots, polyphagous; widespread] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nymphalidae: Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady) [polyphagous] NHM2010
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Hypochlora alba (Cudweed Grasshopper) [minor host plant] Wy1994