Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Apocynum androsaemifolium (Spreading Dogbane) [Apocynaceae]
(observations are from Marshall, Clark et al., Gangwere, Williams)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Beetle) Clk2004 Msh2006
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Coreidae: Merocoris distinctus [feeds on stems] Wm2004; Pentatomidae: Euschistus servus euschistoides [feeds on stems, feeds destructively on floral tissue] Wm2004
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Tettigoniidae: Scudderia curvicauda (Curve-tailed Bush Katydid) [feeds on flowers & floral stalks, field observations] Ggw1961