Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Iva annua (Annual Marsh-Elder) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Clark et al., Snodgrass et al., Ford & Jackman, Natural History Museum, Mitchell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Ophraella notulata Clk2004; Mordellidae: Mordellistena aspersa [larvae bore through stems] FJ1996, Mordellistena pustulata [larvae bore through stems] FJ1996
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Polymerus basalis (Red-spotted Aster Mirid) SSS1984
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Spilosoma virginica (Virginia Tiger Moth) [polyphagous] Mch1919; Noctuidae: Schinia gracilenta (Iva Flower Moth) NHM2010