Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root) [Scrophulariaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, Rider, Clark et al., Panzer et al., Williams)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Capraita thyamoides Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Cosmopepla bimaculata [feeds on seeds] Wm2004, Holcostethus limbolarius [polyphagous] Rid2009
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Papaipema sciata (Culver's Root Borer Moth) [larvae bore through lower stems & roots, monophagous] Pnz2006
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Frankliniella tritici (Eastern Flower Thrips) [found on flowers, observed in IL, polyphagous] Van1974