Literature review: Impact of Chilean needle grass ... - Weeds Australia

Table A2.1 (continued)
Species
Life Family Order Host Host tissue References Notes
stage
Cicadetta waterhousei (Distant) nymph Cicadidae Hemiptera grass roots Moulds 1990 habitat: “grasses of several species; usually long
and partly or completely browned ... In South
Australia ... often found on on dried-out seedbearing
...Avena spp.”
Diemeniana euronotiana (Kirkaldy) nymph Cicadidae Hemiptera grasses roots Moulds 1990 habitat: “at low altitudes on grass ...”
Diemeniana frenchi (Distant) nymph Cicadidae Hemiptera grasses roots Moulds 1990 habitat: “Grass, usually growing along river and
creek flats”
Oliarius nymph Cixiidae Hemiptera grass roots Gross 1983
Eriococcus Coccidae Hemiptera “Danthonia” Boucek 1988 New Zealand record; ?both plant and insect in SE
Aust.
Symonicoccus Coccidae Hemiptera grasses Williams1991 ?both plant and insect in SE Aust.
Phaenacantha australiae Kirkaldy Colbathristidae Hemiptera ?grasses, *sugar cane Gross 1991a “occurs in large numbers on grasses in coastal Qld
and may be a pest of sugar cane” ; ?both plant and
insect in SE Aust.
Cyminae? - Lygaeidae Hemiptera ?grasses seeds? Slater 1991 as Kosmioplex varicolor Kirkaldy
Blissinae? - Lygaeidae Hemiptera grasses sap Slater 1991 subfamily occurs “most commonly on grasses”
Opistholepis spp. - Lygaeidae Hemiptera grasses Slater 1976 ? in SE Australia
Stenophlegyas spp. - Lygaeidae Hemiptera grasses Slater 1976 ? in SE Australia
Stenophyella macreta Horváth - Lygaeidae Hemiptera grasses Slater 1976 1991 “often common in seed heads” (Slater 1991);
“appears to feed on a number of grasses even when
they are completely dry” (Slater 1976 p. 135)
Anzac bipunctatus (Fabricius) - Membracidae Hemiptera collected on grasses Evans 1966
Euciodes suturalis Pascoe larva Anthribidae Coleoptera *Arrhenatherum elatius, *Bromus
sp., *Dactylis glomarata, *Festuca
stems Penman 1978, May
1994, Kuschel 1972,
New Zealand host records, no published Australian
data (Zimmerman 1994a)
arundinacea,*Holcus lanatus
Holloway 1982
Hispellinus
larva
adult
Chrysomelidae Coleoptera Themeda leaves Jolivet &
Hawkeswood 1995
Hispellinus australicus
larva Chrysomelidae Coleoptera grasses leaves Matthews &Reid larva is a leafminer
(Motschulsky)
2002
Oulemma spp. larva Chrysomelidae Coleoptera native and introduced grasses leaves Matthews &Reid
2002
Rupilia spp. ? larva Chrysomelidae Coleoptera grasses prob leaves Matthews &Reid
2002
hosts unclear. Eulalia in Central Australia
Steriphus caudata (Pascoe) larva Curculionidae Coleoptera *cereals and pastures seeds,
seedling
stems, tiller
bases
*Graphognathus leucoloma
(Boheman)
larva,
adult
Allsopp & Hitchcock
1987
Curculionidae Coleoptera wild grasses, *maize Allsopp & Hitchcock
1987
in cereals “larvae eat out the swelling seeds .. bore
into the underground part of the stem ... tillers may
be affected without the plant dying” (Allsopp &
Hitchcock 1987 p. 60). Wide host range outside
Poaceae.
“Adult weevils chew the foliage of most plants but
rarely cause economic damage” (Allsopp &
Hitchcock 1987 p. 51); wide host range outside
Poaceae
*Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) larva Curculionidae Coleoptera *Zea mays, *Lolium stem-miner May 1994 New Zealand
Cubicorhynchus spp.
larva Curculionidae Coleoptera native and introduced grasses roots, stems Zimmerman 1993
adult
Cubicorhynchus calcaratus Macleay larva Curculionidae Coleoptera ?Austrostipa Zimmerman 1993 found in a clump of “Stipa”
adult
Cubicorhynchus crenicollis
Waterhouse
larva Curculionidae Coleoptera unidentifed grass May 1994
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