Cedar Creek
Natural History Area

Insects of Cedar Creek

Order HEMIPTERA

Family PIESMATIDAE

(Ash Gray Leaf Bugs)

(Table of species)

Piesma cinerea, the Ash-Gray Leaf Bug, is an uncommon species reported to feed on pigweed (Amaranthus).  Only 10 species in this small familiy occur in North America.

jhaar@lter.umn.edu Last updated May, 2000