Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Phleum pratense (Timothy Grass) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Vance, Vaurie, Clark et al., Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Microleps website, Knight, Rider, Wagner, Bouseman et al., Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chaetocnema pulicaria Clk2004, Myochrons denticollis Clk2004, Oulema melanopus Clk2004; Curculionidae: Sphenophorus coesifrons Vau1983, Sphenophorus destructor Vau1983, Sphenophorus minimus Vau1983, Sphenophorus parvulus Vau1983, Sphenophorus venatus venatus Vau1983, Sphenophorus zeae Vau1983
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Capsus ater Kn1941, Leptoterna dolobratus (Meadow Plant Bug) [punctures grass stems] Kn1941, Stenotus binotatus [introduced into N. America from Europe] Kn1941; Pentatomidae: Coenus delia Rid2009, Cosmopepla lintneriana Rid209, Euschistus servus Rid2009, Holcostethus limbolarius Rid2009, Hymenarcys nervosa Rid2009, Mormidea lugens Rid2009, Neottiglossa sulcifrons Rid2009
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Elachistidae: Elachista illectella [larvae are leaf-miners, syn. Cosmiotes illectella] Cv2005 Mic2010; Hesperiidae: Thymelicus lineola (European Skipper) Bou2006 Wg2005; Noctuidae: Apamea finitima (Bordered Apamea) [found north of IL] Cv2005, Leucania pseudargyria (False Wainscot) Cv2005, Oligia fractilinea (Broken-Lined Stalk Borer) Cv2005
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-Legged Grasshopper) Wy1994, Melanoplus foedus (Striped Sand Grasshopper) Wy1994
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Aptinothrips rufus [found on seedheads, observed in IL] Van1974