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Hebe leaf blister gallfly - Dasineura hebefolia
Added: 11 Apr 2018
Updated: 07 May 2018
This endemic fly induces leaf blister galls in two species of large-leaved Hebe, Veronica species (Plantaginaceae). Based on the presence of galls, it has been found in Auckland, Waikato and Wellington Regions and presum...
Hebe leaf & stem borer - Oreocalus albosparsus
Added: 03 Sep 2018
Updated: 10 Sep 2018
This endemic weevil lives in its Hebe shrub host plant, Veronica macrocarpa (Plantaginaceae). The weevil has been found in West Auckland, though it may live elsewhere on its host plant which is found in coastal and uplan...
New Zealand flower thrips - Thrips obscuratus
Added: 12 Dec 2018
Updated: 07 Jan 2019
The endemic species, New Zealand flower thrips, is probably the commonest species of native thrips. It is found on plants throughout New Zealand from sea level to alpine areas. As its name suggests, it mainly found assoc...
Basket-cocoon parasitoid - Meteorus pulchricornis
Added: 15 Feb 2017
Updated: 14 Nov 2018
This adventive wasp was first identified in New Zealand by Dr J Berry in 1996. This parasitoid of caterpillars had probably been in New Zealand for at least a year. It is found throughout western Europe, North Africa, Ch...
Green planthopper - Siphanta acuta
Added: 05 Oct 2017
Updated: 23 Jul 2018
This adventive plant hopper from Australia was first reported in New Zealand by Kirkaldy in 1909. It is now found in the North Island and parts of the South Island. It occurs on its herbaceous, shrub and tree host plants...
Banana silvering thrips- Hercinothrips bicinctus
Added: 26 Jul 2017
Updated: 14 Nov 2018
This adventive species of thrips is widespread in New Zealand. It is found outdoors in many tropical and subtropical countries. It is found on native and adventive plants. Conservation status: Widespread in the New Zeala...
Long-tailed mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus
Added: 10 Jan 2019
Updated: 11 Feb 2019
The adventive Long-tailed mealybug has been in New Zealand for over 100 years. It lives on a wide variety of cultivated, naturalised and native plants. It is a pest on outdoor plants and those grown in greenhouses. Conse...
Australasian green shield bug - Glaucias amyoti
Added: 14 Sep 2012
Updated: 11 Jul 2018
This native shield bug is found throughout the North Island of New Zealand and Nelson and Marlborough on the South Island. It is also present in Australia, East Timor, Indonesia (West Timor), Palau and Papaua New Guinea....
Cottony cushion scale - Icerya purchasi
Added: 28 Mar 2018
Updated: 14 Nov 2018
This adventive scale insect from Australia was first found in New Zealand in 1877 after which it became a serious pest on trees and shrubs, including citrus orchards, until controlled by the Australian cardinal ladybird,...
Green vegetable bug - Nezara viridula
Added: 10 Oct 2016
Updated: 11 Jul 2018
The cosmopolitan Green vegetable bug was found in Northland, New Zealand in 1944. This adventive shield bug is now found throughout the North Island and in the warmer parts of the South Island. It feeds on native plants ...
Chinese wax scale - Ceroplastes sinensis
Added: 08 Oct 2018
Updated: 18 Oct 2018
This adventive scale insect was first reported in New Zealand 1932. It is now found in the northern half of the North Island and Great Island (Three Kings Islands). It has been found on native and plants from other count...
Passion vine hopper - Scolypopa australis
Added: 19 Oct 2017
Updated: 15 Oct 2018
This adventive plant hopper from Australia has been in Zealand since before 1880 and is now widespread in lowland (below 500 m) areas of the North Island and in Nelson and Marlborough in the South Island. It occurs on it...
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