Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder) [Polemoniaceae]
(observations are from Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Braun, Natural History Museum)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Nasonovia hottesi [found in Illinois] BE2013
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Coleophoridae: Coleophora polemoniella [larvae mine lower sides of leaves] Ndm1928 Br1919 NHM2010; Gelechiidae: Scrobipalpula polemoniella [larvae are leaf-miners] Ndm1928 NHM2010; Noctuidae: Papaipema unimoda (Meadow Rue Borer Moth) [larvae bore into stems and/or roots] NHM2010