Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil) [Fabaceae]
(observations are from Clark et al., Sauer, Pepper, Williams, Baranowski & Slater)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Brentidae: Coelocephalapion decoloratum [feeds on seeds, found in savannas] Sau2005, Trichapion reconditum [feeds on seeds, found in prairies] Sau2005; Chrysomelidae: Odontota horni Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Alydidae: Alydus conspersus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Alydus eurinus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Megalotomus quinquespinosus [feeds on seeds] Wm2004; Coreidae: Piezogaster calcarator BS1986; Pentatomidae: Euschistus servus euschistoides [feeds on seeds] Wm2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Microparsus desmodiorum Pp1965, Microparsus olivei Pp1965