Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Distichlis spicata (Salt Grass) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from from Brust et al., ScaleNet)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Pseudococcidae: Paradoxococcus mcdanieli (Johnson Grass Mealybug) [found on roots; this insect occurs in eastern USA as far north as New Jersey & Mississippi] SN2014, Tridiscus matildae (Matilda Mealybug) [found in Connecticut & South Carolina on grasses] SN2014
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Trimerotropis salina (Salt Creek Grasshopper) [this grasshopper is found on dried mud-flats along lakes, creeks, or shallow depressions in open areas; this grasshopper is found west of Illinois in the Great Plains] BHW2008