Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Helenium spp. (Sneezeweed) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Covell, Blackman & Eastop, Opler & Krizek, Natural History Museum, Panzer et al.)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis vernoniae [found on tips of stems & leaf undersides, Ironweed is the preferred host] BE2013
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Papaipema impecuniosa (Aster Borer Moth) [larvae bore into stems & roots] NHM2010 Pnz2006, Papaipema rigida (Rigid Sunflower Borer Moth) [found in northern IL] Cv2005; Pieridae: Nathalis iole (Dainty Sulphur) OK1984