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 6/05/2024 8:53:52 AM
Grouped alphabetically

Herbivore species: Anisoplaca acrodactyla (Meyrick, 1885), Gelechiidae, Lepidoptera (Moth or Butterfly)
moth; caterpillars live on Hoheria and Plagianthus Biostatus: endemic

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

7 Hoheria sp., Malvaceae (Mallow family), Malvales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus:
Reasons for score: moths reared from larva on host plant (Patrick 1994), plant species name not given Reference Scored by: N.A. Martin on 09 Sep 2010

7 Plagianthus regius (Poit.) Hochr., Malvaceae (Mallow family), Malvales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Reasons for score: caterpillars recorded feeding on fruit of tree (Sullivan et al 1995), moth species name given as Anisoplaca cf. acrodactyla Reference Scored by: N.A. Martin on unknown

7 Plagianthus sp., Malvaceae (Mallow family), Malvales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta
Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Reasons for score: moths reared from larva on host plant (Patrick 1994), plant species name not given Reference Scored by: N.A. Martin on 09 Sep 2010