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Insects Feeding
on this Plant:

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Persicaria lapathifolia
(Pale Smartweed) [Polygonaceae]
(observations are from Clark et al., Harms & Grodowitz)

Coleoptera (Beetles)

Chrysomelidae: Chaetocnema concinna Clk2004, Galerucella nymphaeae (Waterlily Leaf Beetle) [feeds on leaves] Clk2004; Curculionidae: Tyloderma subpubescens [feeds on stems, found in central USA northward to Missouri & Illinois] HG2009
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