Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Beta vulgaris (Garden Beets) [Chenopodiaceae]
(Observations are from Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Watson, Robinson & Bradley, Spencer & Steyskal, ScaleNet)
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Liriomyza pusilla [larvae are leaf-miners] Ndm1928, Liriomyza trifolii [larvae are leaf-miners, polyphagous; widespread in E USA] SS1986; Anthomyiidae: Botanophila betarum [syn. Pegohylemyia betarum; larvae mine roots] Ndm1928, Botanophila fugax [syn. Pegohylemyia fugax; larvae mine roots] Ndm1928, Delia radicum (Cabbage Root Fly) Ndm1928, Pegomya hyoscyami (Spinach Leafminer) Ndm1928, Pegomya ruficeps [leaf-miner] Ndm1928
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Chlamydatus associatus (False Fleahopper) Wat1928, Halticus bractatus (Garden Fleahopper) Wat1928, Lygus lineolaris (Tarnished Plant Bug) Wat1928
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Pemphigus betae (Sugar Beet Root Aphid) [forms galls on leaf undersides of poplar & cottonwood during the spring, migrating to the roots of some herbaceous plants in the Chenopodiaceae] BE2013 RB1965, Pemphigus populivenae (Sugar Beet Root Aphid) [forms elongated galls on upper sides of poplar & cottonwood leaves, migrating to the roots of various herbaceous plants in the Chenopodiaceae & Amaranthaceae during the summer] BE2013; Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus sorghiellus (Trochanter Mealybug) [polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in eastern USA] SN2014