Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Alopecurus spp. (Foxtail) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Felt, Blackman & Eastop, ScaleNet)
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Clinodiplosis setariae (Grass Seed Midge) [larvae feed on seeds] Flt1917
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Atheroides serrulatus [feeds on leaves of various grasses; found in Quebec, introduced from Europe] BE2013, Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Apple-Grass Aphid) [curls young leaves of various shrubs & trees in the Rosaceae, migrating to the roots of various grasses during the summer; found in NE USA & north-central USA] BE2013; Pseudococcidae: Heterococcus nudus (Naked Grass Mealybug) [found on the crown & underneath leaf sheaths of host plants; this insect is widely distributed in northern USA & California] SN2014