Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Dicanthelium spp. (Panic Grass) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Froeschner, Gangwere, Clark et al., DeLong, Hottes & Frison, Rider, Wagner, Bouseman et al.)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chalepus bicolor Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Berytidae: Jalysus spinosus Fr1942, Jalysus wickhami Fr1942; Pentatomidae: Mormidea lugens Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Prociphilus erigeronensis HF1931; Cicadellidae: Flexamia areolatus [prairie insect] Dlg1948
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Hesperia sassacus (Indian Skipper) Bou2006, Poanes hobomok (Hobomok Skipper) Bou2006 Wg2005, Polites themistocles (Tawny-Edged Skipper) [preferred host plants] Bou2006, Wallengrenia egremet (Northern Broken-Dash) Bou2006 Wg2005
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Arphia sulfurea (Sulfur-Winged Grasshopper) Ggw1965