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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Cirsium muticum
(Swamp Thistle) [Asteraceae]
(observations are from Clark et al., Bouseman & Sternburg, Opler & Krizek, Natural History Museum)

Coleoptera (Beetles)

Chrysomelidae: Cassida rubiginosa Clk2004

Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Riodinidae: Calephelis muticum (Swamp Metalmark) [the preferred host plant, oligophagous; syn. Calephelis mutica] BS2001 OK1984 NHM2010
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