Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Baptisia tinctoria (Yellow Wild Indigo) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Clark et al., Schaefer, Opler & Krizek, Pepper, Spencer & Steyskal, ScaleNet, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Pachybrachis luridus Clk2004, Pachybrachis trinotatus Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Liriomyza baptisiae [larvae are leaf-miners, found in Pennsylvania & elsewhere; this insect feeds on Lupine spp. in W USA] SS1986 WR2017
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Alydidae: Megalotomus quinquespinosus [feeds on seeds] Sch1980
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Potato Aphid) [polyphagous] Pp1965; Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus sorghiellus (Trochanter Mealybug) [polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in eastern USA] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing) OK1984; Lycaenidae: Callophrys irus (Frosted Elfin) OK1984, Everes comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue) [larvae feed on the flowers; syn. Cupido comyntas] WR2017