Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Chrysopsis villosa (Hairy Golden Aster) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Knight, Clark et al., Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Blackman & Eastop, Joern, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Ophraella bilineata Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Polymerus chrysopis Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Pleotrichophorus villosae [found in Manitoba] BE2013
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Tortricidae: Eucosma ridingsana (Snakeweed Borer Moth) [larvae bore through roots] NHM2010
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Hesperotettix speciosus (Western Grass-Green Grasshopper) [minor host plant] Jor1985, Melanoplus bivittatus (Two-striped Grasshopper) Jor1985, Melanoplus flavidus (Yellowish Spur-throated Grasshopper) Jor1985, Melanoplus foedus (Striped Sand Grasshopper) Wy1994