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 4/05/2024 6:46:41 AM
Grouped alphabetically
Plant species: Adiantum cunninghamii Hook., Pteridaceae (Maidenhair fern family), Polypodiales, Polypodiopsida, Pteridophyta
Biostatus: Indigenous, Wild, New Zealand
Herbivore species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_
10 Chalastra pellurgata Walker, 1862 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; bright green caterpillars with white stripe and reddish diagonal markings; feed on fronds of ferns. Biostatus: endemic
10 Cnephasia auct. jactatana (Walker, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web together dying parts of plant. Biostatus: endemic
10 Fusilaspis phymatodidis (Maskell, 1880) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; lives on underside of fern fronds; female cover pyriform, white with golden brown terminal exuvia, body bright yellow, eggs pale yellow; male covers similar, but smaller; on silver fern scale covers silver grey. Biostatus: endemic
10 Micromyzella filicis (van der Goot, 1917) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - Sucking bug
green aphid; feeds on ferns, feeding on young expanding fronds may cause distortion, was called Aphididae sp. 'fern' sp. 1; from Java. Biostatus: adventive
10 Musotima aduncalis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; green caterpillars feed on madenhair ferns, Adiantum species. Biostatus: endemic
8 Trialeurodes sp. 'cunninghammii' of Martin 2001 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) - Sucking bug
whitefly; lives on the underside of fronds of Adiantum cunninghammi in some parts of New Zealand; larvae scattered, not in dense groups as T. aspleni on Asplenium oblongifolium. Biostatus: endemic
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