Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Phragmites spp. (Reed) [Poaceae]
(Observations are from Clark et al., Covell, Cranshaw, ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chaetocnema pulicaria Clk2004, Myochrous denticollis Clk2004
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Hyalopterus pruni (Mealy Plum Aphid) [Phragmites spp. are summer hosts] Crw2004; Pseudococcidae: Chaetococcus phragmitis (Legless Reed Mealybug) [found underneath leaf sheaths; this insect is found in NE USA & Canada] SN2014, Miscanthicoccus miscanthi (Miscanthus Mealybug) [found underneath leaf sheaths; this insect occurs in scattered areas, including Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, & California] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Noctuidae: Leucania phragmitidicola (Phragmites Wainscot) Cv2005