Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Poa spp. (Bluegrass) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Barnes, Clark et al., Microleps website, Hottes & Frison, Wagner, Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Bouseman et al., Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Myochrous denticollis Clk2004
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Mormidea lugens Rid2009, Neottiglossa cavifrons Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Carolinaia howardii HF1931, Forda formicaria HF1931, Geoica squamosa HF1931, Prociphilus erigeronensis HF1931, Rhopalosiphum padi [polyphagous] HF1931
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Elachistidae: Elachista illectella [larvae are leaf-miners] Mic2010; Hesperiidae: Amblyscirtes vialis (Common Roadside Skipper) Bou2006, Ancyloxypha numitor (Least Skipper) [found in wet areas] Bou2006 Wg2005, Poanes hobomok (Hobomok Skipper) Bar1999 Bou2006, Polites mystic (Long Dash) [found in damp open areas of NE Illinois] Bou2006, Polites peckius (Peck's Skipper) Wg2005; Noctuidae: Phalaenostola larentioides (Black-Banded Owlet) [found in open areas, larvae feed on both living & dead leaves] Cv2005; Nymphalidae: Cercyonis pegala (Common Wood Nymph) Wg2005, Megisto cymela (Little Wood Satyr) Wg2005
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Eritettix simplex (Velvet-Striped Grasshopper) Wy1994, Melanoplus foedus (Striped Sand Grasshopper) Wy1994, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Migratory Grasshopper) Wy1994