Insects Feeding
on Orchard Grass
(Dactylis glomerata)

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

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

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

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

** Polydrusus cervinus (no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

§ Cerodontha dorsalis (Grass Sheath Miner)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

§ Cerodontha muscina (no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

§ Cerodontha pygmaea (no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

Stenotus binotatus (Two-spotted Grass Bug)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Atheroides serrulatus (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

 Carolinaia rhois (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

 §§ Forda formicaria (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

§§ Forda marginata (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

¶ Hyalopteroides humilis (Orchard Grass Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Metopolophium dirhodum (Rose-grass Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

§§ Rhopalosiphoninus solani (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

§§ Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Apple-grass Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Schizaphis graminum (Greenbug)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Sitobion avenae (English Grain Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

 §§ Tetraneura ulmi (Elm & Grass-root Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Utamphorophora humboldi (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Neophilaenus lineatus (Lined Spittlebug)
Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Endria inimica (Painted Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

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

Heterococcus nudus (Naked Grass Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Thymelicus lineola (European Skipper)
Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Dargida diffusa (Wheathead Armyworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

*** Hydraecia immanis (Hop Vine Borer)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania adjuta (Adjutant Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

 Leucania commoides (Comma Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania inermis (Unarmed Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania insueta (Heterodox Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania linita (Linen Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania multilinea (Many-lined Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania phragmitidicola (Phragmites Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania pseudargyria (False Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania scirpicola (Scirpus Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Mythimna oxygala (Lesser Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Mythimna unipuncta (True Armyworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

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

Chrysoteuchia topiaria (Topiary Grass-veneer Moth)
Pyralidae (Grass Moths)

Fissicrambus mutabilis (Changeable Grass-veneer Moth)
Pyralidae (Grass Moths)

Megisto cymela (Little Wood Satyr)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Chloealtis conspersa (Sprinkled Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Chortophaga viridifasciata (Green-striped Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-legged Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

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* larvae feed on roots, adults feed on leaves
** larvae feed on roots, ***larvae are stem-borers
§ larvae mine leaves or sheaths, §§ feeds on roots
¶ Dactylis glomerata is the preferred host plant
¶¶ Phleum pratense is the preferred host plant

Sources: Clark et al. (2004), Knight (1941),
Vickery & Kevan (1985), Spencer & Steyskal (1986),
Robinson & Bradley (1965), Hamilton (1982),
Natural History Museum (2010), Gangwere (1961),
Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. (1994), Majka et al. (2007),
Wilbur (1985), Blackman & Eastop (2013),
ScaleNet (2014)

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