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Insects Feeding
on these Plants:

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Helenium amarum
(Bitterweed) [Asteraceae]
(observations are from O'Brien & Anderson, Majka et al., Snodgrass et al.)

Coleoptera (Beetles)

Curculionidae: Smicronyx discoideus OA1996, Trigonorhinus limbatus [this insect feeds on various species of Asteraceae; it is found in N USA & S Canada] MAM2007

Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygus lineolaris (Tarnished Plant Bug) SSS1984, Polymerus basalis (Red-spotted Aster Mirid) [a preferred host plant] SSS1984
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