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 16/05/2024 10:34:39 PM
Grouped alphabetically
Plant species: Haloragis erecta (Banks ex Murray) Oken, Haloragaceae (Water millfoil family), Saxifragales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Herbivore species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_
10 Acanthuchus trispinifer (Fairmaire, 1846) (Hemiptera: Membracidae) - Sucking bug
a distinctive looking sucking bug from Australia where it is associated with Acacia species; in New Zealand it lives on other adventive and native shrubs. Biostatus: adventive
10 Aceria victoriae Ramsay, 1958 (Acari: Eriophyidae) - Mite
gall mite; feeding induces flower bud galls on Halorhagis erecta. Biostatus: endemic
10 Anaphothrips dubius (Girault, 1926) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) - Thrips
thrips; breeds on Haloragis erecta and other plants. Biostatus: adventive
10 Anzora unicolor (Walker, 1862) (Hemiptera: Flatidae) - Sucking bug
grey-winged planthopper, nymphs with long wax tails pressed against stems of herbs, climbers, shrubs and trees. Biostatus: adventive
10 Caedicia simplex (Walker, 1869) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) - Weta, Grasshopper
long-horned green cricket or katydid; adults and nymphs chew plants; also found in Australia. Biostatus: native
9 Epicyme rubropunctaria (Doubleday, 1843) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed on foliage. Biostatus: endemic
10 Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web leaves together and feed on them; they also tunnel in fruit. Biostatus: adventive
9 Glaucias amyoti (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) - Sucking bug
shield bug; large, green; associated with trees and shrubs; feeds by sucking contents of fruit and stems, occasionally feeds on other insects. Biostatus: native
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
8 Myzus ornatus Laing, 1932 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - Sucking bug
aphid; sucking insect, very polyphagous. Biostatus: adventive
8 Neomyzus circumflexus (Buckton, 1876) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - Sucking bug
aphid; sucking insect, extremely polyphagous; also called Aulacorthum circumflexum. Biostatus: adventive
1 Neophyllaphis totarae Cottier, 1953 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - Sucking bug
aphid; sucking insect' body black; lives on young leafy twigs of Podocarpus species, may cause downwards curl of leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) - Sucking bug
shield bug; from other countries; large; green; a wide host range. Biostatus: adventive
10 Pseudococcus hypergaeus Williams, 1985 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) - Sucking bug
mealybug; female body oval to broadly oval, dark purplish red, covered with powdery white wax extending into 17 pairs of short lateral filaments; may excrete honeydew; lives on shrubs and trees. Biostatus: adventive
10 Rhadinosomus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae tunnel in live stems of Haloragis erecta. Biostatus: endemic
10 Scolypopa australis (Walker, 1851) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) - Sucking bug
sucking insect; distinctive adults with black & clear wings, nymphs with raised fluffy tail, adults and nymphs feed on native and introduced plants; eggs are laid in soft woody tissues of some plants such as tendrils. Biostatus: adventive
8 Sidnia kinbergi (Stal, 1859) (Hemiptera: Miridae) - Sucking bug
mirid sucking bug; polyphagous, feeding can cause shoot distortion and blackening of leaves. Biostatus: adventive
9 Sigmothrips aotearoana Ward, 1970 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) - Thrips
thrips; feeds on plant leaves; cause leaf silvering; juveniles carrying droplets; adults with dark bands on wings. Biostatus: endemic
9 Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851) (Hemiptera: Flatidae) - Sucking bug
green-winged plant hopper; nymphs have a waxy tail, adults with bright green wings; feeds on leaves and young stems of trees, shrubs and some herbs. Biostatus: adventive
10 Tetranychus lambi Pritchard & Baker, 1955 (Acari: Tetranychidae) - Mite
tetranychid mite; red adult females; makes loose webbing and causes yellowing of leaves. Biostatus: adventive
10 Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood, 1856) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) - Sucking bug
whitefly; adults and larvae on underside of leaves, feed by sucking sap, excrete honeydew and can cause sooty mould. Biostatus: adventive
9 Zapyrastra sp. 'haloragis' (Dugdale 1988) (Lepidoptera: Momphidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars make mines leaves of Haloragis and Gonocarpus species. Biostatus: endemic
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