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 30/04/2024 1:32:44 AM Grouped alphabetically
Plant species: Acaena profundeincisa (Bitter) B.H.Macmill., Rosaceae (Rose family), Rosales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta records were named as A. sanguisorbae Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Herbivore species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_
5 Acaena leaf pocket gall sp. (Lamb 1960) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) - Fly pocket galls, monothalmous galls up to 1 mm diameter, on leaves of Acaena; believed to be caused by gall flies. Biostatus: endemic
10 Paracoccus acaenae Cox, 1987 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) - Sucking bug mealybug; body rotund; live on roots of Acaena. Biostatus: endemic
10 Ventrispina otagoensis (Brittin, 1938) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) - Sucking bug mealybug; body oval to broadly oval, probably dark purple red; lives on roots of Acaena and Poa species. Biostatus: endemic
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