Insects
Feeding
on
Rushes (Juncus spp.)
Insect Names
(Scientific
& Common)
&
Family Names
(Scientific & Common)
Plateumaris pusilla (no
common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf
Beetles)
Sphenophorus callosus
(Southern Corn Billbug)
Curculionidae (Weevils)
Cerodontha capitata (no
common name) *
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner
Flies)
Cerodontha longipennis (no
common name) *
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner
Flies)
Cerodontha luctuosa (no
common name) **
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner
Flies)
Cymodema breviceps (no
common name) ***
Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)
Cymodema angustatus (no
common name) ***
Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)
Prociphilus corrugatans (no
common name)
§
Aphididae (Aphids)
Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
(Waterlily Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)
Sipha glyceriae (no
common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)
Trionymus caricis
(Carex Mealybug) §§
Pseudococcidae
(Mealybugs)
Livia maculipennis
(Rush Psyllid) §§§
Psyllidae (Psyllids)
Eutomostethus
luteiventris (no common name)
Tenthredinidae
(Sawflies)
Chilo forbesellus (no
common name)
Crambidae (Grass Moths)
Archanara subflava
(Yellow Sedge Borer) *
[syn. Capsula subflava]
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Bactra verutana
(Javelin Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix
Moths)
* larvae bore through stems, ** larvae are leaf-miners
*** eats seeds, § feeds on roots
§§ found under leaf-sheaths, §§§ deforms flowers
Sources:
Clark et al. (2004), Vaurie (1983),
Spencer & Steyskal (1986), Hoffman (1996),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), ScaleNet (2014),
Felt (1917), Smith (2006), Miller (1987),
Harms & Grodowitz (2009)
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