Insects Feeding
on Satin Grasses
(Muhlenbergia spp.)

Insect Names (Scientific & Common)
& Family Names (Scientific & Common)

 * Anoecia cornicola (White-banded Dogwood Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

¥ Hysteroneura setariae (Rusty Plum Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

 * Prociphilus erigeronensis (Erigeron Root Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Schizaphis muhlenbergia (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

 Flexamia imputans (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Plesiommata tripunctata (Three-spotted Leafhopper)
(syn. Provancherana tripunctata)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

¥ Stenodema vicinum (no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

¥ Hymenarcys nervosa (no common name)
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

** Astictoneura agrostis (no common name)
(syn. Neolasioptera agrostis)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

 § Astictoneura muhlenbergiae (no common name)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

 ** Homaluroides ingratus (no common name)
Chloropidae (Shore Flies)

§§ Eurytomocharis muhlenbergiae
(Muhlenbergia Jointworm)
Eurytomidae (Gall Wasps)

 ¶ Elachista brachyelytrifoliella (no common name)
(syn. Dicranoctetes brachyelytrifoliella)
Elachistidae (Grass Leaf-miner Moths)

Anicla infecta (Green Cutworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Resapamea stipata (Four-lined Borer Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Trichordestra legitima (Striped Garden Caterpillar)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Enodia anthedon (Northern Pearly Eye)
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

¥ ¶¶ Conocephalus brevipennis
(Short-winged Meadow Katydid)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

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*  feeds on roots, ** larvae form galls on stems
§ larvae swell culm tips & abort leaves,
§§ larvae deform stems, ¶ larvae mine leaves
¶¶ feeds on florets & spikelets
¥ found on Muhlenbergia shreberi (Nimblewill)

Sources: Felt (1917), Rider (2009),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), DeLong (1948)
Microleps (2010), Gangwere (1961),
Natural History Museum (2010),
Aldrich & Osten-Sacken (1905), Haarstad (2002)

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