Herbivore Report With Reasons


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 7:46:22 AM
Grouped alphabetically

Herbivore species: Paradetis porphyrias (Meyrick, 1883), Geometridae, Lepidoptera (Moth or Butterfly)
moth; thin green looper caterpillars feed on fern, Hypolepis millefolium Biostatus: endemic

Plant species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_

6 Hypolepis millefolium Hook., Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken family), Polypodiales, Polypodiopsida, Pteridophyta
Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Reasons for score: thought to be host plant (Crowe 2004) Reference Scored by: N.A. Martin on unknown