Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master) [Apiaceae]
(Observations are from Rider, Natural History Museum, Panzer et al.)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Trichopepla semivittata Rid2009
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Gelechiidae: Coleotechnites eryngiella [larvae bore into flowerheads, monophagous; original record misidentified plant as Eryngium aquaticum] NHM2010 Pnz2006; Noctuidae: Papaipema eryngii (Rattlesnake Master Borer Moth) [larvae bore into lower stems & roots] NHM2010 Pnz2006