Herbivores associated with a host plant - Information from Plant-SyNZ (http://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/index.asp)
All except overseas herbivore species selected. Report created on 2/05/2024 5:14:46 AM
Grouped alphabetically
Plant species: Vitex lucens Kirk, Labiatae (Mint family), Lamiales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Herbivore species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_
10 Acalitus australis (Lamb, 1952) (Acari: Eriophyidae) - Mite
gall mite; feeding induces erineum on underside of leaves of Vitex lucens. Biostatus: endemic
10 Aenetus virescens (Doubleday1843) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; young caterpillars feed on fungi on dead wood, larger caterpillars live in holes in branches and trunks of live trees and feed on callous tissue under a webbing cover. Biostatus: endemic
5 Amasa truncata (Erichson, 1842) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
ambrosia beetle; breeds in dead wood except for Eucalyptus species where live branches are attacked. Biostatus: adventive
10 Andracalles horridus (Broun, 1881) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larva live in dead bark of Vitex lucens and other trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Anzora unicolor (Walker, 1862) (Hemiptera: Flatidae) - Sucking bug
grey-winged planthopper, nymphs with long wax tails pressed against stems of herbs, climbers, shrubs and trees. Biostatus: adventive
10 Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell, 1879) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; female scale cover circular, flat, translucent yellow-brown; male scale cover smaller, elongate oval with exuvia near one end; body of young female pale yellow, becoming red-brown with maturity; liveson aerial parts of trees, including fruit. Biostatus: adventive
10 Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - Sucking bug
aphid; lives on herbs and shrubs, extremely polyphagous. Biostatus: adventive
10 Apis mellifera (Linneaus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) - Wasp
Honey bee; nests above ground in large holes in trees or artifical hives; adults collect and feed on pollen and nectar. Biostatus: adventive
10 Asetilobus hodgkinsi (Manson, 1965) (Acari: Eriophyidae) - Mite
gall mite; feeding induces swollen domatia galls (2-3 mm diameter) on both leaf surfaces of Vitex lucens. Biostatus: endemic
10 Aspidiotus nerii Bouche, 1833 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; female scale cover circular, exuvia central or to one side, cover translucent, pale yellow body showing through, cover can be beige-brown on some plants; male cover oval with pale exuvia towards one end; on leaves, trunk, branches and fruit. Biostatus: adventive
9 Bombus (Bombus) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) supsp. audax Harris, 1776 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) - Wasp
bumble bee; queen makes nest underground; nests have cells with pollen and nectar; workers, males and females (queens) are produced. Biostatus: adventive
10 Ceroplastes sinensis Del, Guercio, 1900 (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; young nymphs, white wax plates as a star-like rosette, normally on leaves; mature female with thick white wax test, pink-brown patches; lives on leaves and stems. Biostatus: adventive
10 Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758 (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
brown scale insect; lives on leaves and stems. Biostatus: adventive
10 Crystallotesta ornata (Maskell, 1885) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect, limpet like with wax plates with conical projections; females on twigs of trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Ctenochiton chelyon Henderson & Hodgson, 2000 (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; large green with dark boundaries to wax plates; lives on underside of leaves of trees & shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Ctenopseustis servana (Walker, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web together and feed on leaves; retricted to coastal areas. Biostatus: endemic
10 Didymus erroneus (Pascoe, 1876 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae live in small dead branches. Biostatus: endemic
10 Didymus impexus (Pascoe, 1877) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larva lives in dead wood. Biostatus: endemic
10 Dysmicoccus ambiguus (Morrison, 1925) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) - Sucking bug
mealybug; on plant stems and leaves; females greyish green, with 2 darker lines down eirther side of midline of abdomen, covered with a thin layer of powdery white wax extending into 2 pairs of slender caudal filaments, body elongate-oval. Live birth. Biostatus: endemic
10 Dysmicoccus viticis (Green, 1929) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) - Sucking bug
mealybug; lives on stems and leaves of trees and shrubs; females elongate-oval, greyish green, with 2 darker lines down either side of midline of abdomen, covered with thin layer of powdery white wax extending into 2 pairs of caudal filaments. Biostatus: endemic
10 Epelidochiton piperis (Maskell, 1882) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; round with reticulate waxy plates, female becomes dome-shaped; lives on the underside of leaves of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Glaucias amyoti (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) - Sucking bug
shield bug; large, green; associated with trees and shrubs; feeds by sucking contents of fruit and stems, occasionally feeds on other insects. Biostatus: native
10 Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; female cover sub-circular, pale beige or tan with light brown exuvia subcentral, moderately convex, body deep yellow, eggs and crawlers yellow; uniparental; on leaves, petioles, fruit & sometimes on stems. Biostatus: adventive
10 Hemiberlesia rapax (Comstock, 1881) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; female cover oval, beige, convex, higher at one end and tilted over at site of dark brown-black exuvia, body deep yellow, crawlers yellow; lives on leaves, stems, fruit & bark of trees. Biostatus: adventive
10 Homepuraea amoena (Broun, 1880) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) - Beetle
beetle; adults feed on sap. Biostatus: endemic
10 Hybolasius viridescens Bates, 1874 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; tunnels in branches of shrubs & trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Icerya purchasi Maskell, 1879 (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; mature female with large white cottony cushion. Biostatus: adventive
10 Illeis galbula Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - Beetle
ladydird; adults and larvae feed on powdery mildew fungi. Biostatus: adventive
10 Kalotermes brouni Froggatt, 1896 (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) - Termite
termite; makes colonies in dry dead sound wood of fallen or dead standing trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Lindingaspis rossi (Maskell, 1891) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; on leaves; female scale cover flat, subcircular, exuvia subcentral, usually black with lighter concentric rings, more grey coloured in full sun; male scale cover smaller; young female body pink-brown, mature scale & crawlers dark red-brown. Biostatus: adventive
5 Myzus ornatus Laing, 1932 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - Sucking bug
aphid; sucking insect, very polyphagous. Biostatus: adventive
10 Myzus persicae (Sulzer, 1776) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - Sucking bug
aphid; sucking insect, very polyphagous. Biostatus: adventive
8 Omoeacalles ovatellus (Broun, 1881) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; lives in dead wood and bark. Biostatus: endemic
10 Paracoccus glaucus (Maskell, 1879) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) - Sucking bug
mealybug; lives on underside of leaves of shrubs and trees; female, body oval to broadly oval, pale green or orange, with a darker midline, lightly covered with powdery white wax extending into fine filaments, long pair at posterior end of body. Biostatus: endemic
9 Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner, 1861) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; oval black; on twigs and leaves of plants. Biostatus: adventive
8 Phloeophagosoma corvinum Wollaston, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae live in dead wood under bark of Dacridium cupressinum. Biostatus: endemic
8 Phloeophagosoma dilutum Wollaston, 1874 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae live in dead stems of Lupinus arboreus and trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; convex rounded, pink to light brown; nymphs and young adults have 'H' pattern on scale; lives on young twigs, leaves and fern fronds. Biostatus: adventive
10 Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insects; convex rounded with H-pattern, dark brown to black; lives on leaves and twigs. Biostatus: adventive
10 Scolypopa australis (Walker, 1851) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) - Sucking bug
sucking insect; distinctive adults with black & clear wings, nymphs with raised fluffy tail, adults and nymphs feed on native and introduced plants; eggs are laid in soft woody tissues of some plants such as tendrils. Biostatus: adventive
10 Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851) (Hemiptera: Flatidae) - Sucking bug
green-winged plant hopper; nymphs have a waxy tail, adults with bright green wings; feeds on leaves and young stems of trees, shrubs and some herbs. Biostatus: adventive
10 Symeria pyriformis (Maskell, 1879) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; female scale cover, pear-shaped, light to dark brown, body and eggs pale, can be pinkish; on rimu 1st instar nymphs produce fluffy white wax; on trees and shrubs, often causes chlorotic spots on leaves; was called Eulepidosaphes pyriformis. Biostatus: endemic
10 Tegolophus alicis Manson, 1984 (Acari: Eriophyidae) - Mite
gall mite; lives on underside of leaves of Vitex lucens; feeding may cause wrinkling of young leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Ultratenuipalpus womersleyi (Prichard & Baker, 1958) (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) - Mite
flat mite; all stages red; red eggs are oval-shaped and smooth; feeds on leaves of Kunzea, and also on Leptospermum, Brachyglottis and Vitex; was called Tenuipalpus womersleyi. Biostatus: native
9 Unas conirostris Marshall, 1953 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae live in dead wood of Agathis australis: adults live in wood of Vitex lucens. Biostatus: endemic
10 Xylotoles griseus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; larvae tunnel in woody and hebaceous plants. Biostatus: endemic
10 Xylotoles laetus White, 1846 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beelte; adults found on trunks and thicker branches of dead trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
8 Zanchius rubicrux Eyles, 2005 (Hemiptera: Miridae) - Sucking bug
mirid sucking bug; associated with trees and shrubs; is partly or wholly predaceous. Biostatus: endemic
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