Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Ipomoea spp. (Morning Glory) [Convolvulaceae]
(Observations are from Yanega, Wagner, Microleps website, Dmitriev & Dietrich, Milne & Milne, Cranshaw, Smith, Pepper, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Phaea monostigma [larvae bore into stems of live plants] Ya1996; Chrysomelidae: Chaetocnema confinis (Sweet Potato Flea Beetle) [adults feed on foliage, larvae feed on roots] Crw2004, Agroiconota bivittata (Striped Tortoise Beetle) [adults & larvae feed on foliage] Crw2004, Charidotella bicolor (Golden Tortoise Beetle) [adults & larvae feed on leaves] Crw2004 MM1980, Chelymorpha cassidea (Argus Tortoise Beetle) [adults & larvae feed on leaves] Crw2004 MM1980, Deloyala guttata (Mottled Tortoise Beetle) [adults & larvae feed on foliage] Crw2004, Jonthonota nigripes (Black-Legged Tortoise Beetle) [adults & larvae feed on foliage] Crw2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Potato Aphid) [polyphagous] Pp1965; Cicadellidae: Empoasca fabalis DD2010; Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus maritimus (Grape Mealybug) [found on foliage, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed] SN2014
Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies)
Argidae: Sphacophilus cellularis [larvae feed on leaves] Sm2006
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Lyonetiidae: Bedellia somnulentella [larvae are blotch leaf-miners, sometimes assigned to the family Bedelliidae] Crw2004 Mic2010; Sphingidae: Agrius cingulatus (Pink-Spotted Hawk Moth) [oligophagous] Wg2005