Insects Feeding
on Spikerushes
(Eleocharis spp.)

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

Donacia fulgens (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Donacia rugosa (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Plateumaris aurifera (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

¶ Galerucella nymphaeae (Water Lily Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Plateumaris dubia (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

* Plateumaris flavipes (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Plateumaris fulvipes (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Plateumaris robusta (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Plateumaris germari (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Plateumaris nitida (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

* Plateumaris pusilla (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

* Plateumaris robusta (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

¶ Bagous tanneri (no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Brachybamus electus (no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

** Listronotus grypidiodes (no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

*** Hydrellia americana (Lesser Rice Leafminer)
Ephydridae (Shore Flies)

 § Hydrellia tibialis (no common name)
Ephydridae (Shore Flies)

¶¶ Rhopalosiphum cerasifoliae (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Deltocephalus gnarus (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Dorydiella kansana (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Limotettix bisoni (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Limotettix elegans (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Limotettix nigrax (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Limotettix truncatus (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

§§ Limotettix urnura (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Macrosteles potoria (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Cisseps fulvicollis (Yellow-collared Scape Moth)
Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

* Chilo forbesellus (no common name)
Crambidae (Crambid Moths)

* Schoenobius melinellus dispersellus
(no common name)
Crambidae (Crambid Moths)

§§ Oarisma poweshiek (Poweshiek Skipperling)
Hesperiidae (Skippers)

§§§ ¶¶¶ Orchelium gladiator
(Gladiator Meadow Katydid)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

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* feeds on Eleocharis palustris
** feeds on Eleocharis macrostachya
*** feeds on Eleocharis parvula
§ feeds on Eleocharis obtusa
§§ feeds on Eleocharis elliptica
§§§ feeds on Eleocharis erythropoda
¶ feeds on Eleocharis quadrangulata
¶¶ Eleocharis spp. are summer host plants
¶¶¶ feeds on floral spikelets

Note: Authorities disagree about
whether or not Eleocharis elliptica is a
host plant of Oarisma poweshiek.

Sources: Harms & Grodowitz (2009),
Clark et al. (2004), Blackman & Eastop (2013),
DeLong (1948), Panzer et al. (2006),
Covell (1984/2005), Bouseman et al. (2006),
Gangwere (1961), Wilhelm & Rericha (2017)

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