Insects Feeding
on Bulrushes (Scirpus spp.
& Closely Related Genera)

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

Donacia biimpressa (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Donacia cuprea (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Donacia fulgens (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Donacia porosicollis (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Donacia subtilis (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poecilocera harrisii (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Stenispa metallica (no common name)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

¶ * Dirabius rectirostris (no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

Notiodes limatulus (no common name)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

* Sphenophorus aequalis (Clay-colored Billbug)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

* Sphenophorus venatus (Hunting Billbug)
Curculionidae (Weevils)

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

¶ ** Cymus discors (no common name)
Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)

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

Teratocoris discolor (no common name)
Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Carolinaia caricis (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Rhopalosiphum cerasifoliae (Chokecherry Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Saltusaphis elongata (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Schizaphis nigra (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Schizaphis scirpicola (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

¶ Subsaltusaphis virginica (no common name)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Limotettix cuneatus (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Limotettix bisoni (no common name)
Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Dysmicoccus junceus (Juncus Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Elachista inaudita (no common name)
Elachistidae (Grass Leaf-miner Moths)

Elachista madarella (no common name)
Elachistidae (Grass Leaf-miner Moths)

¶ Euphes dion (Dion Skipper)
Hesperiidae (Skippers)

 * Capsula oblonga (Oblong Sedge-borer Moth)
(syn. Archanara oblonga)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

* Capsula subflava (Yellow Sedge-borer Moth)
(syn. Archanara subflava)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

¶ Ledaea perditalis (Lost Owlet)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania scirpicola (Scirpus Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Meropleon diversicolor
(Multicolored Sedge-miner Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Bactra maiorina (no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Bactra verutana (Javelin Moth)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

*** Haplothrips halophilus (no common name)
Phlaeothripidae (Tube-tailed Thrips)

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* feeds on stems, ** feeds on seeds,
*** feeds on pollen
¶ observed to feed on Scirpus cyperinus

Sources: Clark et al. (2004), Haarstad (2002),
Harms & Grodowitz (2009), Hoffman (1996),
Knight (1941), Blackman & Eastop (2013),
Bouseman et al. (2006), Braun (1948),
Panzer et al. (2006), Covell (1984/2005),
Majka et al. (2007), O'Brien & Anderson (1996),
Pepper (1965), Miller (1987), ScaleNet (2014)

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