Insects Feeding
on Violets (Viola spp.)


Insect Species
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Insect Family
Calycomyza jucunda* ** Agromyzidae
(Leaf-miner Flies)
Dasineura semenivora***
(Violet Fruit Midge)
Cecidomyiidae
(Gall Flies)
Prodiplosis violicola § Cecidomyiidae
(Gall Flies)
Abstrusomyzus phloxae* Aphididae
(Aphids)
Aulacorthum circumflexum
(Crescent-Marked Lily Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Neotoxoptera violae
(Violet Aphid)
Aphididae
(Aphids)
Ametastegia pallipes
(Violet Sawfly) §§
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Nefusa ambigua** Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Apantesis nais*
(Nais Tiger Moth)
Arctiidae
(Tiger Moths)
Hyercombe scribonia
[syn. Ecpantheria scribonia]
(Giant Leopard Moth)
Arctiidae
(Tiger Moths)
Eubaphe mendica
(The Beggar)
Geometridae
(Geometer Moths)
Boloria bellona
(Meadow Fritillary)
Nymphalidae
(Brush-footed Butterflies)
Boloria selene myrina
(Silver-bordered Fritillary
Nymphalidae
(Brush-footed Butterflies)
Euptoieta claudia
(Variegated Fritillary)
Nymphalidae
(Brush-footed Butterflies)
Speyeria aphrodite
(Aphrodite Fritllary)
Nymphalidae
(Brush-footed Butterflies)
Speyeria atlantis
(Atlantis Fritllary)
Nymphalidae
(Brush-footed Butterflies)
Speyeria cybele
(Great-spangled Fritillary)
Nymphalidae
(Brush-footed Butterflies)
Speyeria diana
(Diana)
Nymphalidae
(Brush-footed Butterflies)
Speyeria idalia
(Regal Fritillary)
Nymphalidae
(Brush-footed Butterflies)
Archips purpurana*
(Omnivorous Leafroller Moth)
Tortricidae
(Tortrix Moths)
Odontothrips pictipennis Thripidae
(Thrips)

*polyphagous, **larvae are leaf-miners
***larvae deform seed capsules
§ larvae partially fold leaves containing their galls
§§ larvae skeletonize leaves

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