Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Clark et al., Bouseman et al., Cranshaw, Opler & Krizek, Wilbur, Natural History Museum, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Oulema melanopus Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cicadellidae: Endria inimica (Painted Leafhopper) Wlb1954; Coccidae: Lecanopsis formicarum (Turfgrass Scale) [feeds on roots of grasses, introduced into North America from Europe] Crw2004; Pseudococcidae: Heterococcus nudus (Naked Grass Mealybug) [found on the crown & underneath leaf sheaths of host plants; this insect is widely distributed in northern USA & California] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Hesperia comma (Common Branded Skipper) [this insect is found north of Illinois] NHM2010, Hesperia sassacus (Indian Skipper) Bou2006 OK1984; Pyralidae: Chrysoteuchia topiaria (Topiary Grass-veneer Moth) NHM2010, Pediasia trisecta (Sod Webworm) NHM2010
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Camnula pellucida (Clear-Winged Grasshopper) Wy1994