Insect Table (Carex spp.)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Iziphya albipes (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Carolinaia caricis (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Cosmotettix delector (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Trionymus caricis (Carex Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

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

Satyrodes appalachia (Appalachian Brown)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

* Cosmopterix clemensella
(Clemen's Cosmopterix Moth)
Cosmopterigidae (Cosmopterix Moths)

* Elachista argentosa (no common name)
Elachistidae (Grass-miner Moths)

* Elachista cucullata (no common name)
Elachistidae (Grass-miner Moths)

* Elachista madarella (no common name)
Elachistidae (Grass-miner Moths)

** Atlanticus testaceus (Protean Shieldback)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

Scudderia curvicauda
(Curve-tailed Bush Katydid)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

* larvae mine leaves, ** minor food source
§ larvae bore into roots, §§ larvae mine leaves

Sources: Rider (2009), Needham et al. (1928),
Bouseman & Sternburg (2001), Gangwere (1967),
Gangwere (1961), Blackman & Eastop (2013),
Panzer et al. (2006), ScaleNet (2014)

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