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  8. Desmodium Leaf-mining Beetle

species 422 observations

Desmodium Leaf-mining Beetle

Pachyschelus laevigatus

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

35 native plants
support it in the US
  • Host plants Plants it lives on or in Black Tupelo, Showy Tick-trefoil, Black Hawthorn, Slender Bush Clover 25
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Round-headed Bush Clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Trailing Lespedeza, Creeping Lespedeza 10

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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