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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Boehmeria cylindrica
(False Nettle) [Urticaceae]
(Observations are from Barnes, Wagner, Rider, Bouseman & Sternburg, Felt, Opler & Krizek, ScaleNet)

Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Neolasioptera boehmeriae [larvae form fusiform stem galls] Flt1917

Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Euschistus tristigma tristigma Rid2009

Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Pseudococcidae:
Pseudococcus dolichomelos (False Trochanter Mealybug) [polyphagous; this insect has been found in NE USA & elsewhere] SN2014

Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Bomolocha manalis (Flowing-line Bomolocha) Wg2005; Nymphalidae: Polygonia comma (Comma) Bar1999 Wg2005 OK1984, Polygonia interrogationis (Question Mark) Bar1999 BS2001 OK1984, Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral) [larvae feed on leaves] Bar1999 BS2001 Wg2005 OK1984 

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