Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Tripsacum dactyloides (Gama Grass) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Vaurie, Clark et al., Bouseman et al., Felt, Opler & Krizek, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Anisostena bicolor [leaf-miner] Clk2004, Anisostena kansana [leaf-miner] Clk2004; Curculionidae: Sphenophorus maidis (Maize Billbug) Vau1983
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Chilophaga tripsaci [larvae are found between leaf blades] Flt1917
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Problema byssus (Byssus Skipper) Bou2006 OK1984 NHM2010; Noctuidae: Amphipoea erepta [a rare moth that is monophagous or oligophagous] NHM2010