Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Ludwigia alternifolia (Seedbox) [Onagraceae]
(observations are from Clark et al., Harms & Grodowitz, Pepper, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Colaspis suggona Clk2004; Curculionidae: Acanthoscelidius acephalus [feeds on this plant] WR2017, Auleutes ater [feeds on this plant] WR2017, Perigaster cretura [feeds on leaves, found in E. USA] HG2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Myzus lythri (Purple Loosestrife Aphid) [possible misidentification of aphid species] Pp1965