Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) [Convolvulaceae]
(Observations are from Marshall, Clark et al., Blackman & Eastop, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chaetocnema confinis Clk2004, Charidotella purpurata Clk2004, Charidotella sexpunctata [syn. Metriona bicolor] Clk2004, Chelymorpha cassidea (Argus Tortoise Beetle) [syn. Chelymorpha argus] Clk2004 Msh2006, Deloyala guttata (Mottled Tortoise Beetle) Msh2006, Jonthonota nigripes Clk2004, Typophorus nigritus Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Rhopalosiphoninus latisiphon (Bulb-and-Potato Aphid) [found on bulbs & tubers in storage for cultivated plants; also found outdoors on roots & underground parts of various herbaceous plants; this aphid has been observed in Illinois, but it was probably introduced from Eurasia] BE2013; Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus solenopsis (Solenopsis Mealybug) [feeds on foliage & sometimes roots, polyphagous; widespread] SN2014