Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Pontederia cordata (Pickerelweed) [Pontederiaceae]
(observations are from Vaurie, Clark et al., Covell, Harms & Grodowitz, O'Brien & Anderson)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Donacia rugosa [a preferred host plant] Clk2004; Curculionidae: Onychylis longulus OA1996, Onychylis nigrirostris (Pickerelweed Weevil) [feeds on emergent leaves & stems, distributed in E. USA] HG2009 OA1996, Sphenophorus pontederiae (Pickerelweed Billbug) [oligophagous or monophagous] Vau1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Waterlily Aphid) [feeds on leaves, polyphagous, widely distributed in North America] HG2009
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Bellura densa (Pickerelweed Borer Moth) [larvae bore through stems & petioles, found in E. USA & SE Canada] Cv2005 HG2009, Bellura gortynoides (White-Tailed Diver) [larvae bore through leaves & stems, found in E. USA & S. Canada] Cv2005 HG2009, Bellura obliqua (Cattail Borer Moth) [young larvae mine leaves, older larvae bore into petioles, found in E. USA & SE Canada] Cv2005 HG2009
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Leptysma marginicollis (Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper) [range in E. USA extends northward to Illinois & New Jersey] HG2009, Paroxya atlantica (Atlantic Grasshopper) [range in E. USA extends northward to Illinois & New Jersey] HG2009, Paroxya clavuliger (Olive-Green Swamp Grasshopper) [range in E. USA extends northward to Indiana & Massachusetts] HG2009