Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Zizia spp. (Golden Alexanders) [Apiaceae]
(observations are from the Microleps website, Hottes & Frison, Covell, Felt, Blackman & Eastop, Natural History Museum)
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Lasioptera ziziae [larvae form fusiform galls on stems] Flt1917
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis saniculae [found on leaf undersides & flowering stalks; this aphid has been observed in Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, & Manitoba] HF1931 BE2013, Aphis thaspii HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Epermeniidae: Epermenia pimpinella [larvae are blotch leaf-miners] Mic2010; Noctuidae: Papaipema rigida (Rigid Sunflower Borer Moth) [found in northern IL] Cv2005; Papilionidae: Papilio polyxenes asterius (Black Swallowtail) NHM2010