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 29/04/2024 10:01:07 PM
Grouped alphabetically
Plant species: Weinmannia silvicola Sol. ex A.Cunn., 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_
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
9 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 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 Ctenopseustis obliquana (Walker, 1863) (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
8 Didymus sp. 1. (Kuschel 1990) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; lives in dead trunks and branches of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Ectopsis ferrugalis Broun, 1881 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; tunnels in wood of dead and dying trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouche, 1833) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) - Thrips
thrips; adults and larvae feed on old leaves of shrubs and trees, causing leaf silvering and speckling; pupae present on leaves. 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 Leptachrous strigipennis (Westwood, 1845) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; larvae tunnel in wood. 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
10 Mesoreda sulcifrons Broun, 1909 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; lives in dead wood of shrubs and small trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Mitophyllus arcuatus Holloway, 2007 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) - Beetle
stag beetle; larvae and adults found in dead and rotten stems, branches and 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 Psepholax crassicornis Broun, 1895 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
pit borer weevil; attacks dying trees and dead trees. Biostatus: endemic
9 Psepholax tibialis Broun, 1880 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
pit borer weevil; attacks live trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Scirtothrips pan Mound & Walker, 1982 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) - Thrips
thrips; feeds on young tender leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Trinodicalles decemcristatus (Broun, 1883) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; lives in dead wood of Weinmannia silvicola. Biostatus: endemic
10 Ultracoelostoma assimile (Maskell, 1890) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; with long wax tube for honeydew; mostly on branches of Nothofagaceae, Laurelia and Weinmannia trees. Biostatus: endemic
7 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
10 Xylotoles laetus White, 1846 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beelte; adults found on trunks and thicker branches of dead trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
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