Stenodema vicinum explained
Stenodema vicinum is a species of true bug in the Miridae family that feeds on the grass blades of Muhlenbergia schreberi (nimblewill).[1]
This species has been implicated in "silver top" damage to grass seed crops. This and other bugs of the Stenodema genus were found to feed on grass stems by puncturing the leaf sheaths.[2]
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Notes and References
- http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MUSC Muhlenbergia schreberi, Native Plant Database, University of Texas at Austin
- D. A. Arnott, I. Bergis, "Causal agents of silver top and other types of damage to grass seed crops", The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 99, No. 9, June 1967
