Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Cirsium discolor (Pasture Thistle) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Clark et al., Marcovitch, Natural History Museum, Williams)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Cassida rubiginosa Clk2004, Oulema palustris Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Melanagromyza virens [polyphagous, larvae bore through lower stems] Mar1916
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Coreidae: Euthochtha galeator [feeds on stems] Wm2004; Pentatomidae: Chlorochroa persimilis [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Euschistus servus euschistoides [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Euschistus variolarius [feeds on seeds] Wm2004
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nymphalidae: Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady) [larvae roll the margins of leaves and feed from within, polyphagous] Mar1916 NHM2010; Pterophoridae: Platyptilia carduidactyla (Artichoke Plume Moth) [larvae feed on terminal shoots and at bases of flowerheads] Mar1916