Insects Feeding
on Sorghum
(Sorghum bicolor)

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

Chaetocnema denticulata
(Toothed Flea Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Chaetocnema pulicaria
(Corn Flea Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Diabrotica barberi *
(Northern Corn Rootworm)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Myochrous denticollis
(Southern Corn Leaf Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Oulema melanopus
(Cereal Leaf Beetle)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Cerodontha dorsalis
(Grass Sheath Miner)
Agromyzidae (Leaf-miner Flies)

Contarinia sorghicola **
(Sorghum Midge)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Flies)

Blissus leucopterus leucopterus
(Common Chinch Bug)
Blissidae (Chinch Bugs)

Rhopalosiphum maidis
(Corn Leaf Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Rhopalosiphum padi
(Bird Cherry & Oat Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Sipha flava
(Yellow Sugar Cane Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphids)

Heterococcus nudus ***
(Naked Grass Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Pseudococcus sorghiellus
(Trochanter Mealybug)
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Pleuroprucha insularia §
(Common Tan Wave)
Geometridae (Geometer Moths)

Lerodea eufala
(Eufala Skipper)
Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Helicoverpa zea §
(Corn Earworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Hydraecia immanis
(Hop Vine Borer Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Leucania multilinea
(Many-lined Wainscot)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Mythimna unipuncta
(True Armyworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Papaipema nebris
(Stalk Borer Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Simyra insularis
(Henry's Marsh Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Spodoptera frugiperda
(Fall Armyworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Nola cereella §
(Sorghum Nola)
Nolidae (Tuft Moths)

Elasmopalpus lignosellus
(Lesser Cornstalk Borer)
Pyralidae (Snout Moths)

Ostrinia nubilalis
(European Corn Borer)
Pyralidae (Snout Moths)

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* larvae feed on roots, ** larvae feed on seeds
*** feeds on root crown & underneath sheaths,
§ larvae feed on florets & developing seeds

Sources: Clark et al. (2004), Felt (1917),
Needham et al. (1928), Blackman & Eastop (2013),
Hottes & Frison (1931), Bouseman et al. (2006),
Cranshaw (2004), ScaleNet website (2014),
Natural History Museum website (2010)

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