Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Bidens frondosa (Common Beggar's Ticks) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Clark et al., Needham et al., Spencer & Steyskal, Snodgrass et al., Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Calligrapha bidenticola Clk2004, Calligrapha californica Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Calycomyza frickiana [larvae are blotch leaf-miners; found in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, & Virginia] SS1986, Chromatomyia syngenesiae (Chrysanthemum Leafminer) Ndm1928, Phytobia allecta [leaf-miner] Ndm1928
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Taylorilygus apicalis (Broken-backed Bug) SSS1984
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Oecophoridae: Agonopterix atrodorsella NHM2010; Tortricidae: Epiblema otiosana (Bidens Borer Moth) [larvae bore through stems] NHM2010