Insects Feeding
on Coneflowers
(Rudbeckia spp.)
Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Brachypnoea clypealis
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Microrhopala excavata *
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Paria thoracica
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Sumitrosis inaequalis
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Mordellina pustulata §
(no common name)
Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower Beetles)

Calycomyza frickiana *
(no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

Melanagromyza minimoides
(no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua **
(Coneflower Gall Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Lestodiplosis rudbeckiae ***
(no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Neolasioptera rudbeckiae §
(Coneflower Stem Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Strauzia intermedia §
(no common name)
Tephritiidae (Fruit Flies)

Ligyrocoris diffusus
(no common name)
Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)

Uroleucon leonardi
(no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Uroleucon rudbeckiae §§
(Gold Glow Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Spilococcus geraniae §§§
(Geranium Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Macrophya simillima
(no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Isophrictis similiella § ¶
(no common name)
Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Eupithecia miserulata
(Common Pug)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Synchlora aerata
(Wavy-lined Emerald)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Marmara auratella *
(no common name)
Gracillariidae (Leaf-blotch Miner Moths)

Papaipema nelita §
(Coneflower Borer Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Chlosyne nycteis
(Silvery Checkerspot)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Homoeosoma electella
(Sunflower Moth)
Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Epiblema carolinana ¶¶
(Gray-blotched Epiblema)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Epiblema tandana ¶¶
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Epiblema tripartitana § ¶
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Melanoplus sanguinipes
(Migratory Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Conocephalus strictus
(Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)


* larvae are leaf-miners
** larvae form galls on buds & flowerheads
*** larvae deform flowerheads
§ larvae bore through stems, §§ found on stems
§§§ found on leaf undersides & leaf axils
¶ larvae feed on flowerheads and/or seeds
¶¶ larvae feed on roots

Sources: Spencer & Steyskal (1986), Felt (1917),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), ScaleNet website (2014),
Smith (2006), Cranshaw (2004), Miller (1987),
Braun (1921), Wagner (2005), Gangwere (1961),
Clark et al. (2004), Lisberg & Young (2003),
Marshall (2006), Needham et al. (1928),
Panzer et al. (2006), Wihelm & Rericha (2017)

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