Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Sporobolus spp. (Dropseed) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Felt and ScaleNet)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Pseudococcidae: Antoninoides parrotti (Felted Grass Mealybug) [found at the base of host plant; this insect is found SW of Illinois, its range includes Kansas & Mississippi] SN2014, Tridiscus matildae (Matilda Mealybug) [found in Connecticut & South Carolina on grasses] SN2014
Trombidiformes (Mites)
Tenuipalpidae: Dolichotetranychus carnea [deforms seedheads] Flt1917