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Hounds tongue fern whitefly - Trialeurodes species 1
Added: 15 Jun 2017
Updated: 25 Jul 2018
This undescribed endemic whitefly has been found in Auckland, Taupo and Dunedin on its native fern host plant, Hounds tongue fern, Microsorum pustulatum (G. Forst.) Copel. (Polypodiaceae). It is rare In Auckland, but com...
Shining spleenwort whitefly - Trialeurodes asplenii
Added: 19 Jun 2017
Updated: 06 Jul 2017
This endemic whitefly is found throughout New Zealand on its main native fern host plant, shining spleenwort, Asplenium oblongifolium (Aspleniaceae). Conservation status: Widespread in native ecosystems including reserve...
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