Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Verbascum spp. (Mullein) [Scrophulariaceae]
(Observations are from Stannard, Knight, Wagner, Miller)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Campylomma verbasci Kn1941
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Melanchra assimilis (Black Arches) [larvae often found on flowers, polyphagous] Wg2005; Tortricidae: Endothenia hebesana (Verbena Bud Moth) [larvae feed in flowers, buds, seed capsules, & stems; polyphagous] Mlr1987
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Phlaeothripidae: Haplothrips verbasci [found on leaves & flower buds] St1968