Saccharum coarctatum

Erianthus coarctatus

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Native to Louisiana (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Ecological relationships

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32CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Saccharum

Acrolophus heppneriHeppner's Grass-Tubeworm
Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Agrotis malefidaRascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cut-Worm, Shagreened Cut-Worm
Amblyscirtes vialisCommon Roadside-Skipper, Black Little Skipper
Anatrytone loganDelaware Skipper, Logan Skipper, Black-Vein Skipper
Atrytone byssusByssus Skipper, Golden Skipper
Calpodes ethliusBrazilian Skipper, Canna Skipper, Canna Leafroller
Diatraea crambidoidesSouthern Cornstalk Borer
Elaphria chalcedoniaChalcedony Midget
Elaphria festivoidesSouthern Festive Midget

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Elaphria nucicoloraSugarcane Midget, Sugarcane Moth
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Feltia repletaReplete Dart
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Herpetogramma bipunctalisSouthern Beet Webworm, Two-Spotted Herpetogramma
Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
Lerema acciusClouded Skipper, Corn Leaf tier
Lerodea eufalaEufala Skipper, Gray Skipper, Rice Leafroller
Leucania subpunctataWhite-Dotted Wainscot, Forage Armyworm
Meropleon cosmionComely Brocade
Mocis disseveransYellow Mocis
Mocis latipesSmall Mocis, Striped Grass Looper
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
Panoquina ocolaOcola Skipper, Long-Winged Skiiper
Panoquina panoquinoidesObscure Skipper, Beach Skipper
Polites othoSouthern Broken-Dash, Broken-Dash Skipper
Spodoptera albulaWhite-Spotted Armyworm, Gray-Streaked Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Vernia vernaLittle Glassywing
Blastobasis graminea
Chilo erianthalis

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: POACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Also known as

Erianthus coarctatus

Conservation status

Louisiana rank	SNR
Global rank	G5?
LA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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