Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Phlox spp. (Phlox) [Polemoniaceae]
(Observations are from Yanega, Knight, Milne & Milne, Covell, Cranshaw, Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Watson, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Oberea flavipes [larvae bore through stems, oligophagous] Ya1996
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lopidea davisi (Phlox Plant Bug) [oligophagous, damages buds & distorts flowers] Crw2004 Kn1941 MM1980 WHM1983 Wat1928
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Abstrusomyzus phloxae [polyphagous] BE2013
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Heliothis phloxiphaga (Darker-spotted Straw) [polyphagous, larvae feed on flowers & developing seeds] NHM2010, Heliothis turbatus (Spotted Straw) [polyphagous, larvae feed on flowers & developing seeds] Cv2005, Lacinipolia olivacea (Olive Arches) [polyphagous] Cv2005 NHM2010, Melanchra adjuncta (Hitched Arches) [polyphagous] NHM2010, Papaipema nebris (Stalk Borer Moth) [polyphagous] NHM2010