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)

* Sphenophorus destructor (Destructive 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)

Hydrellia tibiospica (no common name)
Ephydridae (Shore Flies)

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

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

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

Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Waterlily Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Flexamia inflata (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Limotettix parallelus (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Macrosteles potoria (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

§ Dysmicoccus juneus (Juncus Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Trionymus caricis (Carex Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

§§ Livia maculipennis (Rush Psyllid)
Psyllidae (Jumping Plant Lice)

Eutomostethus luteiventris (no common name)
Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

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

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

Bactra verutana (Javelin Moth)
Torticidae (Tortrix Moths)

Leptysma marginicollis
(Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Paroxya atlantica (Atlantic Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Paroxya clavuliger
(Olive-green Swamp Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Spharagemon collare (Mottled Sand Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

** Conocephalus attentuatus
(Long-tailed Meadow Katydid)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

** Conocephalus brevipennis
(Short-winged Meadow Katydid)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

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* larvae mine stems/roots, ** feeds on florets/seeds
§ feeds on roots, §§ deforms inflorescence

Sources: Clark et al. (2004), Vaurie (1983),
Spencer & Steyskal (1986), Hoffman (1996),
Blackman & Eastop (2013), ScaleNet (2014),
Gangwere (1961), Felt (1917), Smith (2006),
Harms & Grotowitz (2009), Miller (1987),
Brust et al. (2008), Henderson (2015)

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