Claim · model-written summary
Ischnodemus rufipes was found on redroot flatsedge in the piedmont of South Carolina during extreme drought.
Verbatim
e0“In the piedmont of South Carolina, during extreme drought conditions in August 2008, I. rufipes was found on redroot flatsedge, C. erythrorhizos”
Title
A. G. Wheeler Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 2013. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.115.4.295
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Ischnodemus rufipes maintains populations mainly on Scirpus cyperinus in more persistent habitats.
- Observation Ischnodemus rufipes exploits the short floriferous growth form of C. erythrorhizos, an annual sedge in ephemeral mudflats.
- Observation Ischnodemus rufipes also develops on the generally taller C. erythrorhizos plants in more permanent wetlands.
- Observation Only one generation of Ischnodemus rufipes might be possible on annual sedges.
- Observation Ischnodemus rufipes is bivoltine on woolly sedge (woolgrass).
- Observation Adults of Ischnodemus rufipes overwintered on host sedges, mainly Scirpus cyperinus, and on nonhost sedges and other graminoids from September.
- Observation On Scirpus cyperinus, first-generation adults of Ischnodemus rufipes appeared by mid-July.
- Observation Early instars of a second generation of Ischnodemus rufipes were observed in mid-August on Scirpus cyperinus.
- Observation New state records for Ischnodemus rufipes are Arkansas, Oklahoma and South Carolina.