Host plants of a herbivore - Information from Plant-SyNZ (http://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/index.asp)
All except overseas plant species selected. Report created on 20/05/2024 5:51:19 AM
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Herbivore species: Donacostola notabilis (Philpott, 1928), Depressariidae, Lepidoptera (Moth or Butterfly)
moth; caterpillars web leaves together and join edges of leaf tips into a tube; host plants Astelia species and Collospermum Biostatus: endemic
Plant species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_
8 Astelia hastatum Colenso, Asteliaceae (Astelia family), Asparagales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus:
Reasons for score: larval feeding damage to leaves, rolling leaf tips, typical of this species on Astelia sp. assumed to be same species of moth on this host plant (NA Martin 2008), plant species name given as Collospermum hastatum Scored by: N.A. Martin on unknown
10 Astelia trinervia Kirk, Asteliaceae (Astelia family), Asparagales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Reasons for score: moth reared from larva in a leaf tip roll and feeding on leaves of plants in a reserve at Orewa, Auckland in spring (NA Martin 2014, identified by R Hoare) Scored by: N.A. Martin on unknown
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