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 9/06/2026 4:26:27 AM
Grouped alphabetically
Plant species: Muehlenbeckia australis (G.Forst.) Meisn., Polygonaceae (Dock family), Caryophyllales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus: Non-endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Herbivore species and reliability score: 0-10. 10 indicating excellent evidence for the association_
10 Muehlenbeckia leaf edge roll sp. 'australis' of Martin 2008 (Acari: ) - Mite
gall mite causing leaf edge roll galls on Muehlenbeckia australis. Biostatus: endemic
10 Eriophyes lambi Manson, 1965 (Acari: Eriophyidae) - Mite
gall mite; feeding induces reddish pocket galls on leaves of Muehlenbeckia species. Biostatus: endemic
10 Coptomma sulcatum (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; adult beetles on flowering plants, especially Muehlenbeckia australis; larvae tunnel in twigs and small branches of living trees; was called Navomorpha sulcata. Biostatus: endemic
6 Polyacanthia flavipes (White, 1846) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; probably a wood borer. Biostatus: endemic
6 Spilotrogia maculata (Bates, 1874) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Beetle
longhorn beetle; adults attracted to cut stems of Rubus cissoides and Muehlenbeckia australis. Biostatus: endemic
8 Andracalles horridus (Broun, 1881) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larva live in dead bark of Vitex lucens and other trees. Biostatus: endemic
8 Didymus sp. 1. (Kuschel 1990) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; lives in dead trunks and branches of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Pachyops dubius (Wollaston, 1873) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larvae tunnels between vascular bundles in dead vines of woody climbing plants. Biostatus: endemic
10 Peristoreus acceptus (Broun, 1881) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; larva tunnels in leaves of Muehlenbeckia australis forming mines. Biostatus: endemic
4 Peristoreus fulvus (Broun, 1886) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; assocaited with Muehlenbeckia. Biostatus: endemic
5 Peristoreus viridipennis (Broun, 1880) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Beetle
weevil; associated with Muehlenbeckia species. Biostatus: endemic
9 Nothotelus nigellus (Broun, 1880) (Coleoptera: Scraptiidae) - Beetle
beetle; larvae bore in dead wood. Biostatus: endemic
9 Muehlenbeckia flower gall fly sp. 'australis' of Martin 2009 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) - Fly
gall fly; larvae living in flowers of Muehlenbeckia australis; petals thicken; first found in a hedge in horticultural land at Pukekohe, South Auckland. Biostatus: endemic
8 Muehlenbeckia leaf axil gall sp. 'complexa' of Martin 2002 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) - Fly
gall fly; larvae induce stem at leaf axil to become swollen, stem may be bent; larvae live in sheath at base of leaf, several larvae may be in a gall. Biostatus: endemic
10 Aphanotrigonum huttoni (Malloch, 1931) (Diptera: Chloropidae) - Fly
fly; adults feed on nikau flowers and flowers some of other plant species, was called Oscinosoma huttoni and Caviceps huttoni. Biostatus: endemic
10 Aphis cottieri Carver, 1999 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - Sucking bug
aphids; body large brown-black; feeds on the vines of Muehlenbeckia species. Biostatus: endemic
10 Aphenochiton inconspicuus (Maskell, 1892) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; oval, elongated, transluscent with wax plates; lives on leaves and stems of shrubs & small trees. Biostatus: endemic
10 Anchodelphax olenus Fennah, 1965 (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) - Sucking bug
plant hopper; feeds by sucking plant sap, lives on Muehlenbeckia. Biostatus: endemic
9 Ugyops (Paracona) pelorus Fennah, 1965 (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) - Sucking bug
plant hopper; feeds by sucking plant sap; lives on Muehlenbeckia species. Biostatus: endemic
7 Eriochiton deboerae Hodgson & Henderson, 1996 (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; lives on Muehlenbeckia, probably M. australis. Biostatus: endemic
10 Coelostomidia zealandica (Maskell, 1880) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) - Sucking bug
scale insect; white with long wax tubes for honeydew, causes honeydew and sooty mould; host plants, trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
8 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
8 Chinamiris cumberi Eyles & Carvallio, 1991 (Hemiptera: Miridae) - Sucking bug
mirid sucking bug; caught in Muehlenbeckia flowers. Biostatus: endemic
9 Chinamiris muehlenbeckiae Woodward, 1950 (Hemiptera: Miridae) - Sucking bug
mirid sucking bug; possibly lives on Muehlenbeckia australis. Biostatus: endemic
9 Diomocoris granosus Eyles, 2000 (Hemiptera: Miridae) - Sucking bug
mirid sucking bug; found on the Chatham Islands. Biostatus: endemic
9 Diomocoris maoricus (Walker, 1873) (Hemiptera: Miridae) - Sucking bug
mirid sucking bug; found on many plants species; host plants for breeding include Syzygium smithii, Agonis flexuosa, Kunzea ericoides and Pittosporum species. Biostatus: endemic
10 Romna scotti (White, 1878) (Hemiptera: Miridae) - Sucking bug
mirid sucking bug; breeds on Podocarpus species, but may be predatory not plant feeding. 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
10 Trioza fasciata (Ferris & Klyver, 1932) (Hemiptera: Triozidae) - Sucking bug
psyllid; feeding nymphs induce and live under folds at the edge of young leaves of Muehlenbeckia species. Biostatus: endemic
10 Apis mellifera (Linneaus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) - Wasp
Honey bee; nests above ground in large holes in trees or artifical hives; adults collect and feed on pollen and nectar. Biostatus: adventive
9 Bombus (Bombus) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) supsp. audax Harris, 1776 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) - Wasp
bumble bee; queen makes nest underground; nests have cells with pollen and nectar; workers, males and females (queens) are produced. Biostatus: adventive
8 Leioproctus (Leioproctus) imitatus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) - Wasp
bee; nests in holes it makes in banks and flat ground. Biostatus: endemic
9 Podagritus (Parechuca) albipes (Smith, 1878) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) - Wasp
wasp; female hunts and catches flies, mayflies and caddisflies, puts them in nests in burrows in soil; egg laid on prey, larvae completes development and pupates in celll; adult wasp feeds in flowers. Biostatus: endemic
9 Podagritus (Parechuca) carbonicolor (Dalla Torre, 1897) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) - Wasp
wasp; female hunts and catches flies, puts them in nests in burrows in soil; egg laid on prey, larvae completes development and pupates in cell; adult feeds in flowers. Biostatus: endemic
9 Podagritus (Parechuca) cora (Cameron, 1888) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) - Wasp
wasp; female hunts and catches flies, mayflies and caddis flies, puts them in nests in burrows in soil; egg laid on prey, larvae completes development and pupates in cell; adult feeds in flowers. Biostatus: endemic
10 Polistes (Polistela) humilis (Fabricius, 1781) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) - Wasp
paper wasp; predator; nest with vertical cells opening downwards. Biostatus: adventive
10 Chloroclystis sphragitis (Meyrick, 1888) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed in flowers. Biostatus: endemic
10 Pasiphila muscosata (Walker, 1862) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed on Muehlenbeckia australis. Biostatus: endemic
9 Wiseana signata (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillar live in subteranean tunnels and feed on surface foliage of plants, including pasture plants. Biostatus: endemic
10 Lycaena feredayi (Bates, 1867) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) - Moth or Butterfly
butterfly; green caterpillars feed on leaves of Muelenbeckia australis and M. complexa. Biostatus: endemic
10 Lycaena salustius (Fabricius, 1973) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) - Moth or Butterfly
butterfly; green caterpillars feed on leaves and flowers of Muelenbeckia and Rumex specie. Biostatus: endemic
10 Zapyrastra calliphana Meyrick, 1889 (Lepidoptera: Momphidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars make mines in leaves of Muehlenbeckia species. Biostatus: endemic
10 Bityla defigurata (Walker, 1865) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed on foliage of Muehlenbeckia species. Biostatus: endemic
9 Graphania ustistriga (Walker1857) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed on leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Meterana ochthistis (Meyrick, 1887) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed on leaves of trees and shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Morova subfasciata Walker, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars induce and live in stem galls on Muehlenbeckia species. Biostatus: endemic
10 Apoctena orthropis (Meyrick, 1901) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web leaves together and feed on leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Ctenopseustis herana (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web together and feed on leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Harmologa oblongana (Walker, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web together and feed on leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Harmologa scoliastris (Meyrick, 1907) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web together and feed on leaves. Biostatus: endemic
10 Pyrgotis eudorana Meyrick, 1885 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars web together and feed on leafy shoots of Muehlenbeckia australis. Biostatus: endemic
7 Hierodoris illita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae) - Moth or Butterfly
moth; caterpillars feed in woody stems of Coriaria arborea; may also feed on other woody plants. Biostatus: endemic
6 Acanthoxyla sp. (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect. Biostatus: endemic
10 Argosarchus horridus (White, 1846) (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect. Biostatus: endemic
7 Clitarchus hookeri (White, 1846) (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect; feeds on Kunzea, Leptospermum, Metrosideros species and other shrubs. Biostatus: endemic
10 Micrarchus hystriculeus Westwood, 1859 (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect. Biostatus: endemic
9 Tectarchus salebrosus (Hutton, 1899) (Phasmatodea: Phasmidae) - Stick insect
stick insect. Biostatus: endemic
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
10 Thrips obscuratus (Crawford, 1941) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) - Thrips
thrips; adults and larvae feed in flowers and in bracts of developing flowers, less commonly in expanding leaf buds. Biostatus: endemic
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