Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Asimina triloba (Pawpaw) [Annonaceae]
(Observations are from Bouseman & Sternburg, Wagner, Barnes, Covell, Hamilton, Opler & Krizek, Miller)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cercopidae: Clastoptera obtusa (Alder Spittlebug) [fed on by adults only] Hm1982
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Geometridae: Epimecis hortaria (Tulip Tree Beauty) Cv2005; Papilionidae: Eurytides marcellus (Zebra Swallowtail) [oligophagous] Bar1999 BS2001 Msh2006 Wg2005 OK1984; Pyralidae: Omphalocera monroei [larvae bore into fruit, found in southern IL] Cv2005; Sphingidae: Agrius cingulatus (Pink-Spotted Hawkmoth) Cv2005, Dolba hyloeus (Pawpaw Sphinx) [oligophagous] Cv2005 Wg2005; Tortricidae: Talponia plummeriana (Speckled Talponia) [larvae feed on flowers; this moth has been found in Michigan & Missouri] Mlr1987