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 7/05/2024 11:48:28 AM
Grouped alphabetically

Herbivore species: Sabatinca chalcophanes (Meyrick, 1885), Micropterigidae, Lepidoptera (Moth or Butterfly)
moth, caterpillars feed on liverwort Biostatus: endemic

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

10 Hymenophyton flabellatum (Labill.) Trevis., Hymenophytaceae, Metzgeriales, Hepaticae, Bryophyta
Biostatus: Non-endemic, Wild, New Zealand
Reasons for score: recorded feeding on host plant and other foliose liverworts (Gibbs 2014) Reference Scored by: N.A. Martin on 12 Apr 2014