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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Mentha arvensis
(Field Mint) [Lamiaceae]
(observations are from Rider, Clark et al., Covell, Felt, Gangwere, Spencer & Steyskal, Natural History Museum)

Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Longitarsus ferrugineus Clk2004

Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Calycomyza menthae [larvae are blotch leaf-miners; found in Ontario & Florida] SS1986; Cecidomyiidae: Giardomyia menthae (Field Mint Gall Midge) [larvae form small galls on leaf axils] Flt1917

Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Pentatomidae: Cosmopepla lintneriana Rid2009

Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Diachrysia aereoides (Dark-Spotted Looper Moth) [polyphagous, found north of IL] Cv2005 NHM2010; Sphingidae: Sphinx eremitus (Hermit Sphinx) NHM2010

Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Melanoplus bivittatus (Two-striped Grasshopper) [feeds on leaves, field observations] Ggw1961
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