Herbivore Simple Report


Host plants of a herbivore - Information from Plant-SyNZ (http://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/index.asp)
All except overseas plant species selected. Report created on 7/05/2024 6:36:50 AM
Grouped alphabetically

Herbivore species: Balanococcus diminutus (Leonardi, 1918), Pseudococcidae, Hemiptera (Sucking bug)
mealybug; females dark red, unevenly covered with powdery white wax, so that 2 darker lines extend down the posterior 2/3rds of body, wax extending into 1 pair of caudal filaments of moderate length, body elongate to elongate-oval; lives on Phormium Biostatus: endemic

Plant species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_

10 Phormium cookianum Le Jolis, Hemerocallidaceae (Day lily family), Asparagales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta. Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand

10 Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Hemerocallidaceae (Day lily family), Asparagales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta. Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand