Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Vicia spp. (Vetch) [Fabaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, Milne & Milne, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Barnes, Hottes & Frison, Wagner, Bouseman & Sternburg, Bouseman et al., Covell, Cranshaw, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Vickery & Kevan, Opler & Krizek, Spencer & Steyskal, Wilbur)
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Liriomyza fricki [larvae are leaf-miners; found in Wisconsin & Canada] SS1986
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Acyrthosiphon pisum (Pea Aphid) [found on young growth & developing seedpods] HF1931 BE2013, Aphis craccae [found on terminal growth, flowers, & developing seedpods; this aphid is distributed in NE USA & Canada] BE2013; Cicadellidae: Empoasca alboneura DD2010, Empoasca bifurcata [preferred host plants] DD2010, Empoasca erigeron [polyphagous] DD2010, Empoasca fabae [polyphagous] DD2010, Empoasca sativae DD2010, Endria inimica (Painted Leafhopper) [not preferred as host plants] Wlb1954
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gracillariidae: Parectopa albicostella [found in Vermont, Maine, Quebec, & Utah] Ndm1928; Hesperiidae: Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing) Bou2006, Erynnis funeralis (Funereal Duskywing) [found in southern IL] Bou2006; Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue) [larvae feed on buds & flowers] Bar1999 BS2001 Wg2005 OK1984, Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi (Silvery Blue) [larvae feed on flowers, found mostly in NE Illinois] BS2001 MM1980 Wg2005, Leptotes marina (Marine Blue) MM1980, Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak) [larvae feed on flowers, buds, & developing seedpods] Bar1999 OK1984; Noctuidae: Caenurgina chloropha (Vetch Looper Moth) Cv2005; Pieridae: Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulfur) Bar1999 BS2001 OK1984, Colias philodice (Clouded Sulfur) Bar1999 Wg2005; Tortricidae: Cnephasia longana (Omnivorous Leaftier) [larvae feed on foliage] Crw2004
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Schistocerca lineata (Spotted Bird Grasshopper) VK1985, Sparagemon bolli (Boll's Grasshopper) [this grasshopper is found in open sandy areas & dry fields] VK1985
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Sericothrips cingulatus [found in grassy areas & sedge marshes] Van1974