Insect Table (Ipomoea spp.)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Phaea monostigma *
(no common name)
Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Agroiconota bivittata **
(Striped Tortoise Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Chaetocnema confinis ***
(Sweet Potato Flea Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor **
(Golden Tortoise Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Chelymorpha cassidea **
(Argus Tortoise Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Deloyala guttata **
(Mottled Tortoise Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Jonthonota nigripes **
(Black-legged Tortoise Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Strongylocassis atripes **
(no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Typophorus nigritus ***
(Sweet Potato Leaf Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Macrosiphum euphorbiae
(Potato Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Empoasca fabalis
(no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Pseudococcus maritimus
(Grape Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Sphacophilus cellularis §
(no common name)
Argidae (Argid Sawflies)

Bedellia somnulentella §
(Morning Glory Leafminer)
Bedelliidae (Bedelliid Moths)

Helicoverpa zea
(Corn Earworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Heliothis virescens
(Tobacco Budworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Emmelina monodactyla §
(Morning Glory Plume Moth)
Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)

Agrius cingulatus §
(Pink-spotted Hawk Moth)
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

* larvae bore through stems
** larvae & adults feed on foliage
*** larvae feed on roots & adults feed on foliage
§ larvae feed on leaves

Sources: Yanega (1996), Cranshaw (2004),
Pepper (1965), Dmitriev & Dietrich website (2010),
ScaleNet website (2014), Smith (2006),
Wagner (2005), Clark et al. (2004),
Needham et al. (1928), Sudbrink & Grant (1995)

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