Insects Feeding
on Rushes (Juncus spp.)




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

Plateumaris pusilla (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Sphenophorus callosus (Southern Corn Billbug)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Cerodontha capitata (no common name) *
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

Cerodontha longipennis (no common name) *
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

Cerodontha luctuosa (no common name) **
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

Cymodema breviceps (no common name) ***
Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)

Cymodema angustatus (no common name) ***
Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)

Prociphilus corrugatans (no common name) §
Aphididae (Aphids)

Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Waterlily Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Sipha glyceriae (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Trionymus caricis (Carex Mealybug) §§
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Livia maculipennis (Rush Psyllid) §§§
Psyllidae (Psyllids)

Eutomostethus luteiventris (no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Sawflies)

Chilo forbesellus (no common name)
Crambidae (Grass Moths)

Archanara subflava (Yellow Sedge Borer) *
[syn. Capsula subflava]
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Bactra verutana (Javelin Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)



* larvae bore through stems, ** larvae are leaf-miners
*** eats seeds, § feeds on roots
§§ found under leaf-sheaths, §§§ deforms flowers

Sources: Clark et al. (2004), Vaurie (1983),
Spencer & Steyskal (1986), Hoffman (1996),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), ScaleNet (2014),
Felt (1917), Smith (2006), Miller (1987),
Harms & Grodowitz (2009)

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