Europäische Lärche
Both the nymphs and adults feed on the inflorescences of grasses, especially timothy-grass ("Phleum pratense"). In New Zealand, "S. binotatus" has been collected from a large variety of plants, including the grasses brown top, Yorkshire fog, cocksfoot, wheat, barley and maize, and many other plants (including rushes, "Hypericum", "Leptospermum scoparium", "Metrosideros", "Nothofagus", "Coriaria", "Olearia", "Muehlenbeckia", "Carmichaelia", "Larix decidua", "Eucalyptus", "Melicytus ramiflorus", "Coprosma robusta", hemlock and nettles).