Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Impatiens pallida (Yellow Jewelweed) [Balsaminaceae]
(observations are from Rider, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop)
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Liriomyza borealis [larvae are leaf-miners] Ndm1928, Phytoliriomyza melampyga (Jewelweed Leafminer) [host plant assignment has been corrected] Ndm1928
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Acrosternum hilaris (Green Stink Bug) [polyphagous] Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Macrosiphum impatientis [found on roses as primary hosts, migrating during the summer to Jewelweed; this aphid is distributed in NE & north-central USA] BE2013