Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Hordeum vulgare (Barley) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Vaurie, Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta., Clark et al., Needham et al., Smith, Felt, Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Vickery & Kevan, Brust et al., Pepper, Robinson & Bradley, Spencer & Steyskal, Natural History Museum)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica barberi [larvae feed on roots] Clk2004, Oulema melanopus Clk2004; Curculionidae: Sphenophorus parvulus (Bluegrass Billbug) Vau1983
Diptera (Flies)
Agromyzidae: Cerodontha dorsalis (Grass Sheath Miner) [larvae are leaf-miners, pupating in sheaths; widespread] Ndm1928 SS1986, Cerodontha incisa [larvae are leaf-miners; widespread in the northern half of USA, also in Canada] SS1986, Liriomyza pusilla [leaf-miner, polyphagous] Ndm1928; Cecidomyiidae: Mayetiola destructor (Hessian Fly) [larvae are found under leaf sheaths] Flt1917
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Capsus ater WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Metopolophium dirhodum (Rose-Grass Aphid) [found on roses as primary hosts, migrating during the summer to the leaves of various grasses, and some sedges & rushes] BE2013 RB1965, Rhopalosiphum maidis (Corn Leaf Aphid) RB1965, Rhopalosiphum padi (Bird Cherry & Oat Aphid) [found on young leaf undersides of Bird Cherry & Chokecherry, and rolling them; migrating during the summer to various species of grass, iris, & other plants; widely distributed in North America, including Illinois] BE2013 RB1965, Schizaphis graminum (Greenbug) RB1965, Sitobion avenae (English Grain Aphid) Pp1965 RB1965
Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies)
Cephidae: Cephus pygmaeus (European Wheat-Stem Sawfly) [larvae bore through the stems, introduced into North America from abroad] Sm2006, Trachelus tabidus (Black Grain-Stem Sawfly) [introduced into North America from abroad] Sm2006; Eurytomidae: Tetramesa hordei (Barley Jointworm) [larvae live in stems] Flt1917
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Apamea devastator (Glassy Cutworm) NHM2010, Apamea sordens finitima (Pale-banded Quaker) NHM2010, Dargida diffusa (Wheathead Armyworm) NHM2010, Euxoa auxiliaris (Army Cutworm) [this insect is found mostly west of Illinois] NHM2010, Megalographa biloba (Bilobed Looper Moth) NHM2010, Mythimna unipuncta (True Armyworm) [syn. Pseudaletia unipuncta] NHM2010, Nephelodes minians (Bronze Cutworm) NHM2010, Papaipema nebris (Stalk Borer Moth) [polyphagous] NHM2010, Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall Armyworm) NHM2010, Xestia c-nigrum (Lesser Black Letter Dart) [polyphagous] NHM2010, Xestia dolosa (Greater Black Letter Dart) [polyphagous] NHM2010; Pyralidae: Fissicrambus mutabilis (Changeable Grass-veneer Moth) NHM2010
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Camnula pellucida (Clear-Winged Grasshopper) [this grasshopper is found in fields & along roadsides] Wy1994 VK1985, Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Grasshopper) Wy1994, Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-Legged Grasshopper) Wy1994, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Migratory Grasshopper) [a preferred host plant; this grasshopper is found in open areas, woodland openings, & roadsides] Wy1994 BHW2008