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 3/05/2024 1:26:52 AM
Grouped alphabetically
Plant species: Weinmannia racemosa L.f., Cunoniaceae (Cunonia family), Oxalidales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Herbivore species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_
7 Acanthoxyla sp. (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect. Biostatus: endemic
5 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
10 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 Aphenochiton kamahi Henderson & Hodgson, 2000 (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; almost round, thin, almost transparent, with wax plates; lives on leaves of Weinmannia species. Biostatus: endemic
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 Apoctena flavescens (Butler, 1877) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web leaves together and feed on them. Biostatus: endemic
10 Apoctena orthropis (Meyrick, 1901) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web leaves together and feed on leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Atmetocranium myersi (Ferris & Klyver, 1932) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) - Sucking bug
psyllid; nymph feeding induces twig galls with "cicada-like damage" on Weinmannia species. Biostatus: endemic
10 Calliprason sinclairi White, 1843 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; wood borer. Biostatus: endemic
10 Caloptilia chrysitis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars make mines and fold tips of young leaves of Weinmannia, Elaeocarpus and Knightia species. Biostatus: endemic
10 Coelostomidia jenniferae Morales, 1991 (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; white with long wax tube for honeydew; many tree host plants. Biostatus: endemic
10 Coelostomidia pilosa (Maskell, 1891) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; white with long wax tube for honeydew; lives on many woody plants and climbers, often under bark. Biostatus: endemic
10 Coptomma lineatum (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; larvae tunnel down centres of twigs and small branches of mature trees and stems of young trees; branches may be girdled; was called Navomorpha lineata. Biostatus: endemic
10 Ctenopseustis herana (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web together and feed on leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Declana floccosa (Walker, 1858) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; semi-looper caterpillars feed on leaves of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Eriococcus fulgitectus Hoy, 1962 (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) - Sucking bug
felted scale insect; induces leaf fold galls on Carpodetus serratus; on other plants it lives on leaves or stems causing much sooty mould, but not leaf fold galls; female sac tawny. Biostatus: endemic
10 Eriococcus kamahi Hoy, 1958 (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) - Sucking bug
felted scale insect; lives on stem & in leaf axils of Weinmannia racemosa; female sac grey, felted. Biostatus: endemic
10 Gastrosarus nigricollis Bates, 1874 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; larvae associated with ringed branches of Leptospermum scoparium and other trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Gastrosarus urbanus Broun, 1893 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; larvae are wood borers. Biostatus: endemic
10 Geochus politus Broun, 1881 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae tunnel in dead leaves of Weinmannia. Biostatus: endemic
10 Geochus tibialis Broun, 1893 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae tunnel in dead leaves of Weinmannia. Biostatus: endemic
10 Hexatricha pulverulenta (Westwood, 1845) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; larvae tunnel under bark of twigs and branches of dead and dying trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Hiiracalles scitus (Broun, 1880) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; lives in dead wood. Biostatus: endemic
10 Izatha voluptuosa Hoare, 2010 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed on rotten logs. Biostatus: endemic
9 Leanobium flavomaculatum Espanol, 1979 (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) - Beetle
beetle; larvae makes tunnels in dead wood. Biostatus: endemic
10 Mecistostylus douei Lacordaire, 1866 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; tunnels in live phloem of branches. Biostatus: endemic
7 Microcryptorhynchus (Microcryptorhynchus) kronei (Kirsch, 1877) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae live in thin, dead twigs. Biostatus: endemic
8 Mitophyllus parrianus Westwood, 1863 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) - Beetle
stag beetle; larvae and adults found in dead and rotten wood of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Neoeriochiton clareae Hodgson, 1994 (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; lives on stems of Weinmannia racemosa. Biostatus: endemic
10 Neonidulus falsicornus (Zhang & Martin, 2001) (Acari: Tetranychidae) - Mite
tetranychid mite; colonies under small ovals of dense white webbing on underside of leaves of Rubus, Dysoxylum and Weinmannia; was called Yezonychus falsicornus. Biostatus: endemic
10 Niveaphasma annulatum (Hutton, 1898) (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect. Biostatus: endemic
10 Oemona hirta (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; larvae tunnel in stems, branches and trunks of live and dead wood; polyphagous. Biostatus: endemic
10 Paracoccus drimydis (Brittin, 1938) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) - Sucking bug
mealybug; female body elongate-oval to broadly oval, green, thinly covered with fine white wax; lives on shrubs and small trees. 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
10 Platypus apicalis White, 1846 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
pin hole borer beetle; has an associated fungus in its tunnels; breeds in native and exotic trees, usually after the tree or branch has died. Biostatus: endemic
10 Platypus gracilis Broun, 1893 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
pin hole borer beetle; has an associated fungus in its tunnels; beetle tunnels along boundary of sapwood and heart wood. Biostatus: endemic
10 Plumichiton elaeocarpi (Maskell, 1885) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; oval to circular, black; on twigs or small branches of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Plumichiton flavus (Maskell, 1884) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; yellow to brown with waxy plates; often associated with much honeydew; lives on leaves and stems of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Psepholax coronatus White, 1846 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
pit borer weevil; attacks dying trees and dead trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Psepholax sulcatus White, 1843 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
pit borer weevil; attacks dead and dying trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Psepholax tibialis Broun, 1880 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
pit borer weevil; attacks live trees. Biostatus: endemic
9 Pseudocoremia suavis Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed on plant leaves of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Scirtothrips pan Mound & Walker, 1982 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) - Thrips
thrips; feeds on young tender leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect. Biostatus: endemic
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 Tectarchus ovobessus Salmon, 1954 (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect. Biostatus: endemic
10 Umbonichiton bullatus Henderson & Hodgson, 2000 (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; oval brown with knobbly waxy plates; lives on twigs of shrubs and trees. Biostatus: endemic
6 Weinmannia young leaf damage sp. 'racemosa' of Martin 1999 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) - Fly
gall fly; larval feeding damages young leaves of Weinmannia racemosa. Biostatus: endemic
10 Xanadoses nielseni Hoare & Dugdale, 2003 (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; bark miner; caterpillars make long tortuous galleries on trunks of various smooth barked trees; pupates under a raised silk-lined cap of bark. Biostatus: endemic
8 Xyleborinus saxesenii (Ratzeburg, 1837) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
ambrosia beetle; tunnels in wood of dying and recently dead trees and freshly sawn timber; polyphagous, hosts include native trees and exotic hard wood and softwood trees. Biostatus: adventive
|
