Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Oryzopsis spp. (Rice Grass) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from the Microleps website, Braun, Natural History Museum, ScaleNet)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Pseudococcidae: Heterococcus arenae (Sand Mealybug) [found underneath leaf sheaths; this insect is more common in western USA, although it also occurs in Missouri & New Jersey] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Elachistidae: Elachista illectella [larvae are leaf-miners of many grass species; this moth is found throughout NE USA & Ontario; syn. Cosmiotes illectella] Mic2010 Br1948 NHM2010