Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Scirpus atrovirens (Dark Green Bulrush) [Cyperaceae]
(Observations are from Vaurie, Clark et al. Needham et al., Harms & Grodowitz, Gangwere, Opler & Krizek, Braun)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Stenispa metallica Clk2004; Curculionidae: Dirabius rectirostris [feeds on, or bores through stems; found in NE USA & SE Canada] HG2009, Sphenophorus scoparius Vau1983
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Elachistidae: Elachista enitescens [larvae mine overwintering leaves; this moth is found in Ohio] Ndm1928 Br1948, Elachista madarella [larvae mine overwintering leaves; this moth is found in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, & Ontario] Ndm1928 Br1948; Gelechiidae: Monochroa robusta [larvae are leaf-miners; syn. Aristotelia robusta] Ndm1928 Br1921; Nymphalidae: Neonympha mitchellii (Mitchell's Satyr) OK1984
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Melanoplus bivittatus (Two-striped Grasshopper) [feeds on leaves, field observations] Ggw1961; Tettigoniidae: Conocephalus attenuatus (Long-tailed Meadow Katydid) [feeds on floral spikelets, field observations] Ggw1961, Conocephalus brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid) [feeds on floral spikelets, field observations] Ggw1961