Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Calamagrostis canadensis (Bluejoint Grass) [Poaceae]
(observations are from Knight, Hamilton, Natural History Museum, Eiseman)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chalepus walshii [adults feed on leaves] Eis2016
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Collaria meilleurii [this insect is also found on other grasses in damp situations] Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Cercopidae: Philaenarcys bilineata (Prairie Spittlebug) [host plant of adults; this spittlebug is found in the Great Plains & areas eastward] Hm1982
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Ctenucha virginica (Virginia Ctenucha) NHM2010; Noctuidae: Dargida diffusa (Wheathead Armyworm) NHM2010, Leucania pseudargyria (False Wainscot) NHM2010, Photedes defecta (Narrow-winged Borer Moth) [syn. Chortodes defecta, syn. Hypocoena defecta] NHM2010