Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Chenopodium album (Lamb's Quarters) [Chenopodiaceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Hottes & Frison, Clark et al., Rider, Needham et al., Watson, Marcovitch, Joern, Opler & Krizek, Pepper, Robinson & Bradley, Charlet & Gavloski, Gangwere, Lundgren & Rosentrater, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Carabidae: Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis [eats seeds, a preferred food plant] LR2007, Harpalus pensylvanicus (Pennsylvania Ground Beetle) [eats seeds, a preferred food plant] LR2007; Chrysomelidae: Chaetocnema concinna (Brassy Flea Beetle) [found in NE USA] Clk2004, Disonycha triangularis (Three-spotted Flea Beetle) Clk2004, Erynephala puncticollis (Beet Leaf Beetle) [found west of Illinois] Clk2004; Curculionidae: Cylindrocopturus adspersus (Sunflower Stem Weevil) [adults feed on leaves & stems, larvae bore through stems & root crown] CG2011
Diptera (Flies)
Anthomyiidae: Botanophila fugax [larvae mine roots, syn. Pegohylemyia fugax] Ndm1928, Pegomya hyoscyami (Spinach Leafminer) Ndm1928 Mar1916
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Orthotylus flavosparsus [found in dense growth of rather open situations] Kn1941 Wat1928; Pentatomidae: Proxys punctulatus Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis fabae (Black Bean Aphid) [polyphagous] Pp1965, Aulacorthum solani (Foxglove Aphid) [polyphagous] Pp1965, Hayhurstia atriplicis (Chenopodium Aphid) [the aphid is found in folded leaf galls] HF1931 Pp1965 RB1965, Macrosiphum pseudorosae [syn. Macrosiphum pallidum] RB1965, Pemphigus betae (Sugar Beet Root Aphid) RB1965; Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus solenopsis (Solenopsis Mealybug) [feeds on foliage & sometimes roots, polyphagous; widespread] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Pholisora catullus (Common Sootywing) OK1984, Staphylus hayhurstii (Hayhurst's Scallopwing) OK1984
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Grasshopper) [minor host plant] Jor1985, Hesperotettix viridis (Meadow Purple-striped Grasshopper) Jor1985, Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-legged Grasshopper) Jor1985; Gryllidae: Gryllus pennsylvanicus (Fall Field Cricket) [eats seeds] LR2007; Tettigoniidae: Atlanticus testaceus (Protean Shieldback) [acceptable as food plant, lab observations] Ggw1967