Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Desmodium glutinosum (Pointed-Leaved Tick Trefoil) [Fabaceae]
(observations are from Clark et al, MacRae, Gangwere, Baranowski & Slater)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae: Pachyschelus laevigatus [larvae mine leaves, oligophagous] Mcr1991; Chrysomelidae: Cerotoma trifurcata Clk2004, Phyllecthris dorsalis Clk2004, Sumitrosis rosea Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Coreidae: Euthochtha galeator [polyphagous] BS1986, Piezogaster calcarator [preferred host plant] BS1986
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Tettigoniidae: Atlanticus testaceus (Protean Shieldback) [feeds on leaves, although not preferred as a food source; lab observations] Ggw1967