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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...
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...
Loxsoma fern whitefly - Trialeurodes species 2
Added: 01 Aug 2018
Updated: 06 Aug 2018
This undescribed endemic whitefly was discovered in May 2012 by Dr Robert Hoare when he visited a remnant of native forest in an urban reserve in Auckland City. It has since been found on its fern host plant, Loxsoma cun...
Australian variable lacewing - Drepanacra binocula
Added: 26 Jun 2017
Updated: 12 Nov 2018
This adventive lacewing comes from Australia and is widespread in New Zealand. In New Zealand it is mainly found in trees and shrubs where it feeds on aphids, psyllids and whiteflies. Conservation status: The Australian ...
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