Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Crepis spp. (Hawksbeard) [Asteraceae]
(Observations are from Blackman & Eastop, Spencer & Steyskal, Natural History Museum)
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Chromatomyia lactuca [larvae are leaf-miners; found in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, & Canada] SS1986
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Nasonovia ribisnigri (Currant-Lettuce Aphid) [found at shoot tips of Ribes spp., curling young leaves during the spring; migrating during the summer to various herbaceous plants in the Asteraceae & other plant families; this aphid is distributed in NE USA, north-central USA, & Canada, including Illinois] BE2013
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Trichoplusia ni (Cabbage Looper Moth) [larvae feed on leaves, polyphagous] NHM2010