Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Leersia oryzoides (Rice Cutgrass) [Poaceae]
(observations are from Vaurie, Wagner, Bouseman et al., Gangwere, Opler & Krizek, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Sphenophorus melanocephalus (Black-Headed Billbug) Vau1983, Sphenophorus minimus (Little Billbug) Vau1983
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor (Least Skipper) Bou2006 Wg2005 OK1984 NHM2010, Polites peckius (Peck's Skipper) [syn. Polites coras] Bou2006 Wg2005 OK1984 NHM2010; Pyralidae: Crocidophora serratissimalis (Angelic Crocidophora) NHM2010
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Tettigoniidae: Conocephalus brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid) [feeds on leaf blades, sheaths, & spikelets; field observations] Ggw1961, Conocephalus fasciatus (Slender Meadow Katydid) [lab observations] Ggw1961