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New Zealand cress leafminer - Liriomyza watti
Added: 10 May 2017
Updated: 15 May 2017
This endemic fly is found in the North and South Island of New Zealand. It is a leaf miner of herbaceous brassicas (Cruciferae or Brassicae) and garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus (Tropaeolaceae) which has similar sulph...
Cabbage leafminer - Liriomyza brassicae
Added: 08 May 2017
Updated: 14 Nov 2018
This adventive fly from the Pacific Region and old world tropics is found in the North Island and Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a leafminer of herbaceous brassicas (Cruciferae or Brassicae) and plants ...
Turnip leafminer - Scaptomyza flava
Added: 17 May 2017
Updated: 02 Aug 2017
This adventive fly from Europe was first found in New Zealand on a farm near Levin in March 1964. Within three growing seasons it was found throughout the North Island and in the South Island and Chatham Islands. It is a...
Parasitic eulophid wasp - Diglyphus isaea
Added: 20 Sep 2012
Updated: 02 Aug 2017
This adventive wasp is an ectoparasite of leaf mining fly larvae and comes from the Europe and North Africa. Wasps from Pakistan were released into New Zealand in 1970, though the species may already have been here. It i...
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