Insects Feeding on
Brome Grasses (Bromus spp.)

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

Chalepus walshii (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

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

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

** Cerodontha incisa (no common name)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

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

* Capsus cinctus (no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

* Cosmopepla lintneriana (Twice-stabbed Stink Bug)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Holcostethus limbolarius (no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Hymenarcys aequalis (no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Hymenarcys nervosa (no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Mormidea lugens (no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Neottiglossa cavifrons (no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Thyanta calceata (no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

* Cryptaphis bromi (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

* Cryptaphis poae (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

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

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

§ Geoica utricularia (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Metopolophium dirhodum (Rose-grass 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)

* Sitobion avenae (English Grain Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

§ Tetraneura ulmi (Elm & Grass Root Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

* Athysanus argentarius (Silver Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

* Endria inimica (Painted Leafhopper)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

§ Chorizococcus rostellum
(Bermuda Grass Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Dysmicoccus patulae (Bottlebrush Grass Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

* Heterococcus nudus (Naked Grass Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

§§ Cephus cinctus (Grass-stem Sawfly)
Cephidae (Cephid Sawflies)

§§ Cephus pygmaeus
(European Wheat-stem Sawfly)
Cephidae (Cephid Sawflies)

§§ Tetramesa bromicola (no common name)
Eurytomidae (Eurytomid Wasps)

* Ctenucha virginica (Virginia Ctenucha)
Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

** Elachista illectella (no common name)
(syn. Cosmiotes illectella)
Elachistidae (Leaf-mining Moths)

* Apamea sordens finitima (Bordered Apamea)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

* Dargida diffusa (Wheathead Armyworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania insueta (Heterodox 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)

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

* Gonioterma mistrella (no common name)
Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)

* Arphia xanthoptera
(Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

* Camnula pellucida (Clear-winged Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

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

* Dichromorpha viridis
(Short-winged Green Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

* Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

* Hippiscus ocelotes (Wrinkled Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

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

* Melanoplus packardii (Packard's Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

* Mermiria bivittata
(Two-striped Mermiria Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

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

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* found on Bromus inermis, ** larvae are leaf-miners
§ feeds on roots, §§ larvae bore through stems

Sources: Clark et al. (2004), Knight (1941),
Rider (2009), Robinson & Bradley (1965),
Wilbur (1954), Blackman & Eastop (2013),
Brust et al. (2008), Gangwere (1961),
Wyoming Agr. Exp. Station (1994), Felt (1917),
Spencer & Steyskal (1986), Campbell et al. (1974),
Spencer & Steyskal (1986), ScaleNet (2014),
Natural History Museum (2010), Smith (2006)

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