Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Scirpus spp. (Bulrush) [Cyperaceae]
(Observations are from Hoffman, Marshall, Knight, Clark et al., Microleps website, Barnes, Covell)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Donacia biimpressa Clk2004, Donacia cuprea Clk2004, Donacia porosicollis Clk2004, Plateumaris aurifera Clk2004, Plateumaris dubia Clk2004, Plateumaris fulvipes Clk2004, Plateumaris germari Clk2004, Plateumaris metallica Clk2004, Plateumaris nitida Clk2004, Plateumaris pusilla Clk2004, Plateumaris robusta Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Scathophagidae: Cordilura varipes [possible host plants, larvae bore through stems] Msh2006
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Cymus angustatus [feeds on seeds, preferred host plants] Hof1996; Miridae: Teratocoris discolor Kn1941
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Elachistidae: Elachista madarella [larvae are leaf-miners] Mic2010; Hesperiidae: Euphyes dion (Dion Skipper) [possible host plants] Bar1999; Noctuidae: Archanara oblonga (Oblong Sedge Borer) [young larvae are leaf-miners, later larvae are stem-borers below the waterline] Cv2005, Archanara subflava (Subflava Sedge Borer) Cv2005, Leucania scirpicola (Scirpus Wainscot) Cv2005