Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Typha latifolia (Common Cattail) [Typhaceae]
(observations are from Vaurie, Hottes & Frison, Hoffman, Needham et al., Blackman & Eastop, Harms & Grodowitz, Gangwere, Pepper, Robinson & Bradley)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Plateumaris flavipes [feeds on leaves, found in E. USA & Canada] HG2009; Curculionidae: Notaris aethiops [bores into stems; this insect has a circumpolar range, where it is found across Canada & Eurasia; it has also been found in Montana, Colorado, & Alaska] HG2009, Notaris bimaculatus [bores into stems; found in Eurasia, Canada, & N. USA, including Minnesota & North Dakota] HG2009, Notaris puncticollis [bores into stems; found in north-central USA & Canada, also found in New Jersey] HG2009, Sphenophorus australis australis (Cattail Billbug) Vau1983, Sphenophorus pertinax [feeds on roots; found in NE USA, north-central USA, & adjacent areas of Canada] HG2009
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Cymus angustatus [feeds on seeds of pistillate heads] Hof1996, Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug) [feeds on seeds, polyphagous; found in E. USA, SE Canada, & Europe] HG2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Hyalopterus pruni (Mealy Plum Aphid) Pp1965, Rhopalosiphum enigmae [found in Illinois, widely scattered in North America] HF1931 BE2013 Pp1965, Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Waterlily Aphid) [feeds on leaves, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in North America] HG2009, Sitobion avenae (English Grain Aphid) [feeds on leaves, widespread; introduced into North America from Europe] HG2009 RB1965
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Cosmopterigidae: Lymnaecia phragmitella (Shy Cosmet) [feeds on pistillate flowers & developing seeds; found in E. USA & Canada] HG2009; Crambidae: Dicymolomia julianalis (Julia's Dicymolomia Moth) [larvae feed on pistillate flowers & developing seeds; found in E. USA & SE Canada] HG2009; Noctuidae: Archanara oblonga (Oblong Sedge Borer Moth) [syn. Capsula oblonga, larvae initially mine and later bore into stems of Typha & Scripus spp.] Ndm1928, Bellura obliqua (Cattail Borer Moth) [larvae feed on leaves, distributed in E. USA & SE Canada; syn. Arzama obliqua] Ndm1928
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Leptysma marginicollis (Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper) [the range in E. USA extends northward to Illinois & New Jersey] HG2009, Melanoplus bivittatus (Two-striped Grasshopper) [feeds on leaves, both field & lab observations] Ggw1961, Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-legged Grasshopper) [feeds on leaves, field observations] Ggw1961, Paroxya atlantica (Atlantic Grasshopper) [the range in E. USA extends northward to Illinois & New Jersey] HG2009, Paroxya clavuliger (Olive-Green Swamp Grasshopper) [the range extends northward to Indiana & Massachusetts] HG2009, Paroxya hoosieri (Indiana Swamp Grasshopper) [lab observations] Ggw1961; Tettigoniidae: Amblycorypha oblongifolia (Oblong-winged Katydid) [lab observations] Ggw1961, Conocephalus brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid) [feeds on seedheads, field observations] Ggw1961, Orchelimum nigripes (Black-legged Meadow Katydid) [feeds on seedheads, field observations] Ggw1961, Scudderia curvicauda (Curve-tailed Bush Katydid) [feeds on leaves, field observations] Ggw1961