Cutworms, aphids, and capsid bugs use the plant as a food source in hotter and drier conditions.
Note that Pilophorus is a homonym for another taxonomic genus: Pilophorus Hahn, 1826 is namely a genus of the family Miridae in the order of the Hemiptera.
Miridae |
Pilophorus cinnamopterus is a species of beetle in the Miridae family that can be found everywhere in Europe (except for Albania, Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Island, Lithuania, Moldova, Madeira, Novaya Zemlya, Portugal, and in all states of former Yugoslavia (except for Slovenia and Croatia, where it can be found).
Stenodema vicinum is a species of true bug in the Miridae family that feeds on the grass blades of Muhlenbergia schreberi (nimblewill).