Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Solanum carolinense (Horsenettle) [Solanaceae]
(Observations are from Osborn & Drake, Marshall, Wagner, Clark et al., Covell, Cranshaw, Needham et al., Felt, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Epitrix cucumeris Clk2004, Epitrix fasciata Clk2004, Epitrix fuscula Clk2004, Epitrix hirtipennis Clk2004, Lema daturaphila Clk2004, Lema solani Clk2004, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado Potato Beetle) Clk2004, Leptinotarsa juncta (False Potato Beetle) [preferred host plant] Clk2004 Crw2004 Msh2006, Plagiometriona clavata Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Drosophilidae: Scaptomyza flava [larvae are leaf-miners, polyphagous] Ndm1928; Cecidomyiidae: Lasioptera solani (Horsenettle Gall Midge) [larvae form irregular spiny galls on stems] Flt1917
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Tingidae: Gargaphia solani (Eggplant Lace Bug) OD1916
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gelechiidae: Frumenta nundinella [larvae feed on berries; monophagous or oligophagous] NHM2010, Phthorimaea operculella (Potato Tuber Moth) [larvae mine leaves or bore into tubers] NHM2010, Tildenia glochinella (Horsenettle Leafminer Moth) [syn. Keiferia glochinella] Ndm1928 NHM2010, Tildenia inconspicuella (Eggplant Leafminer Moth) [syn. Keiferia inconspicuella] NHM2010; Noctuidae: Spodoptera ornithogalli (Yellow-striped Armyworm) [polyphagous] NHM2010; Sesiidae: Synanthedon rileyana (Riley's Clearwing Moth) Cv2005 NHM2010; Sphingidae: Manduca sexta (Tobacco Hornworm) Wg2005 NHM2010