Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Paspalum setaceum (Slender Beadgrass) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Bouseman et al., Joern, Natural History Museum, ScaleNet, Williams)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Euschistus servus euschistoides [feeds on stems] Wm2004; Scutelleridae: Homaemus bijugis [feeds on seeds] Wm2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Pseudococcidae: Antoninoides parrotti (Felted Grass Mealybug) [found at the base of host plant; this insect is found SW of Illinois, its range includes Kansas & Mississippi] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Hesperiidae: Polites vibex (Whirlabout) Bou2006 NHM2010
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Hesperotettix viridis (Meadow Purple-striped Grasshopper) [minor host plant] Jor1985, Melanoplus angustipennis (Narrow-winged Sand Grasshopper) [minor host plant] Jor1985, Melanoplus differentialis (Differential Grasshopper) [minor host plant] Jor1985, Phoetaliotes nebrascensis (Large-headed Grasshopper) [minor host plant]