Insects Feeding
on Foxtail Grasses
(Setaria spp.)




Insect Names (Scientific & Common)
& Family Names (Scientific & Common)

* ** Anoecia cornicola (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)


* Hysteroneura setariae (Rusty Plum Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Rhopalosiphum maidis (Corn Leaf Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Rhopalosiphum padi (Bird Cherry & Oat Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Schizaphis graminum (Greenbug)
Aphididae (Aphids)


Sipha elegans (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Sipha flava (Yellow Sugar Cane Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Sitobion avenae (English Grain Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)


* ** Tetraneura nigriabdominalis (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Chorizococcus rostellum (Bermuda Grass Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

 **Dysmicoccus junceus (Juncus Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Heterococcus nudus (Naked Grass Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Trionymus clandestinus (no common name)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)


Euschistus tristigmus (Dusky Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Oebalus pugnax (Rice Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

 § Amara aenea (Common Sun Beetle)
Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

§ Anisodactylus santaecrucis (no common name)
Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

 § Harpalus pensylvanicus (Pennsylvania Ground Beetle)
Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Chaetocnema denticulata (Toothed Flea Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)


Chaetocnema pulicaria (Corn Flea Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

 ** Diabrotica barberi (Northern Corn Rootworm)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Oulema melanopus (Cereal Leaf Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Sphenophorus aequalis (Clay-colored Billbug)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Cerodontha angulata (no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)

Cerodontha dorsalis (Grass Sheath Miner)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)

Cerodontha incisa (no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)

Cerodontha muscina (no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining Flies)


 § Clinodiplosis setariae (no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

 § Contarinia sorghicola (Sorghum Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Dargida diffusa (Wheathead Armyworm)
Owlet Moths (Noctuidae)

Hydraecia immanis (Hope Vine Borer Moth)
Owlet Moths (Noctuidae)

Mythimna unipuncta (True Army Worm)
Owlet Moths (Noctuidae)

Papaipema nebris (Stalk Borer Moth)
Owlet Moths (Noctuidae)

Resapamea stipata (Four-lined Borer Moth)
Owlet Moths (Noctuidae)

Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall Armyworm)
Owlet Moths (Noctuidae)

Melanoplus confusus (Little Pasture Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)


Orphulella speciosa (Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Phoetaliotes nebrascensis (Large-headed Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

 § Gryllus pennsylvanicus (Fall Field Cricket)
Gryllidae (Crickets)

 § Conocephalus brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

 § Conocephalus strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

 § Neoconocephalus ensiger (Sword-bearing Conehead)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)




* Setaria spp. are summer host plants,
** feeds on roots and/or crowns,
§ feeds on seeds and/or spikelets

Sources: Blackman & Eastop (2013),
Bradley & Robinson (1965), ScaleNet (2010),
Rider (2009), White et al. (2007),
Clark et al. (2004), Majka et al. (2007),
Needham et al. (1928), Felt (1917),
Natural History Museum (2010),
Gangwere (1961), Brust et al. (2008),
Wyoming Agr. Exp. Station (1994)

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