Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Andropogon virginicus (Broom Sedge) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Stannard, DeLong, Clark et al., Natural History Museum, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chaetocnema denticulata Clk2004, Myochrous denticollis Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Polyamia caperatus Dlg1948; Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus sorghiellus (Trochanter Mealybug) [polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in eastern USA] SN2014, Trionymus caricis (Carex Mealybug) [found underneath leaf sheaths; this insect occurs in Maryland, Massachusetts, Tennessee, & elsewhere in the USA] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Lacinipolia meditata (The Thinker) [polyphagous] NHM2010, Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall Armyworm) NHM2010
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Plesiothrips andropogoni [oligophagous] St1968