Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Scirpus cyperinus (Wool Grass) [Cyperaceae]
(observations are from Hoffman, Bouseman et al., Covell, Blackman & Eastop, Harms & Grodowitz, Opler & Krizek, Majka et al.)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Dirabius rectirostris [feeds on, or bores through stems; this insect is found in NE & north-central USA, & SE Canada] HG2009 MAM2007
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Cymus discors [feeds on seeds, preferred host plant] Hof1996
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Subsaltusaphis virginica [found on sedges & bulrushes in wetland areas; this aphid is distributed in eastern North America, including Illinois] BE2013
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Euphyes dion (Dion Skipper) [found in wet areas, mostly in northern half of IL] Bou2006 OK1984; Noctuidae: Ledaea perditalis (Lost Owlet) Cv2005