Survey of Hemiptera collected on common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, at one site in Ohio.
By Dailey, P.J., R.C. Graves, and J.L. Herring.
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Dailey, P.J., R.C. Graves, and J.L. Herring. 1978. Survey of Hemiptera collected on common milkweed,
Asclepias syriaca, at one site in Ohio. Entomological News 89(7&8): 157-162.
ABSTRACT: Hemiptera frequenting 337 plants of common milkweed,
Asclepias syriaca were surveyed by daily collecting for a period of 90 consecutive days. Forty-six species are listed, some of which are probably new Ohio records. Five species were considered to be significantly abundant (more than 50 individuals collected):
Lygaeus kalmii, Lygus lineolaris, Plagiogfiathus politus, Adelphocoris lineolatus, and
Cosmopepla bimaculata. Only
L. kalmii (1,173 individuals collected) and
0ncopeltus fasciatus, which was relatively scarce, are host specific.