Literature review: Impact of Chilean needle grass ... - Weeds Australia
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Table A2.1 (continued)<br />
Species<br />
Life Family Order Host Host tissue References Notes<br />
stage<br />
Cubicorhynchus sordidus Ferguson Curculionidae Coleoptera *Nassella trichotoma and “some roots, stems Zimmerman 1993<br />
other <strong>grass</strong>es”<br />
Cubicorhynchus taurus Blackburn larva Curculionidae Coleoptera Austrostipa nitida, A. nodosa,<br />
Zimmerman 1993, possibly restricted to semiarid <strong>grass</strong>lands<br />
Enneapogon nigricans, Eragrostis<br />
eriopoda, unidentified <strong>grass</strong>es<br />
May 1994<br />
*Floresianus sordidus Hustache Curculionidae Coleoptera Poaceae May 1994 ?insect found in SE Aust.<br />
*Linogeraeus urbanus (Boheman) larva<br />
adult<br />
Curculionidae Coleoptera *Paspalum distichum roots,<br />
stolons<br />
May 1994<br />
as Paspalum paspaloides (sic); ?insect found in SE<br />
Aust.<br />
Maleuterpes spinipes Blackburn larva Curculionidae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong> roots May 1994 main hosts Rutaceae; ?insect found in SE Aust.<br />
Phalidura abnormis (Macleay) larva<br />
adult<br />
Curculionidae Coleoptera *Nassella trichotoma Zimmerman 1993,<br />
May 1994<br />
Phalidura elongata (Macleay) larva Curculionidae Coleoptera *Nassella trichotoma and “other<br />
<strong>grass</strong>es”<br />
underground<br />
parts<br />
Zimmerman 1993,<br />
May 1994<br />
Sclerorinus sp. Curculionidae Coleoptera “Stipa sp.” May 1994<br />
*Sphenophorus brunnipennis<br />
(Germar)<br />
Curculionidae Coleoptera *Pennisetum clandestinum and<br />
*“bent <strong>grass</strong>”<br />
basal<br />
nodes,<br />
crowns,<br />
stolons<br />
May 1994<br />
?insect found in SE Aust.<br />
- larva Elateridae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong>es etc. Gregg 1997 damage seedlings<br />
Agrypnus and Hapatesus spp., larva Elateridae Coleoptera *wheat, *arley, *oats, *sugar cane,<br />
Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />
wireworms<br />
*maize, *sweet corn, *sorghum<br />
1987, Calder 1996<br />
“Grasslands and pasture are the natural habitat ...<br />
sporadic ... pests <strong>of</strong> newly-sown cereals” (Allsopp<br />
& Hitchcock 1987 p. 44)<br />
Arachnodima bribbarensis (Calder)<br />
& A. xenikon (Calder)<br />
larva Elateridae Coleoptera *Triticum aestivum seeds,<br />
seedlings<br />
Calder1996<br />
larvae “attack germinating wheat seeds and<br />
seedlings” (Calder 1996 p. 139)<br />
Arachnodima ourapilla (Calder) larva Elateridae Coleoptera *Triticum aestivum Calder1996 “attacks wheat crops” (Calder 1996 p. 139)<br />
Arachnodima opaca Candèze larva Elateridae Coleoptera **Hordeum vulgare. Calder1996 “attacks barley crops” (Calder 1996 p. 139)<br />
Dicranolaius bellulus (Guérin-<br />
Méneville)/D. cinctus<br />
(Redtenbacher)<br />
adult Melyridae Coleoptera aquatic <strong>grass</strong>es, *rice flowers,<br />
seeds<br />
Hely 1958, Booth et<br />
al. 1990<br />
normal foods <strong>of</strong> adults are flowers <strong>of</strong> sedges,<br />
rushes, and aquatic <strong>grass</strong>es “<strong>of</strong> the millet type”<br />
(Hely 1958 p. 30)<br />
Mordellistena spp. larva Mordellidae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong>es stems Booth et al. 1990 no <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>grass</strong> host records located<br />
Melolonthinae - various larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera pasture <strong>grass</strong>es roots Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />
1987<br />
Melolonthinae: Scitalini - various larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera probably <strong>grass</strong>es roots Britton 1987<br />
Adoryphorus couloni (Burmeister) larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong>es roots Blackburn 1983, Hill<br />
et al. 1993,<br />
McQuillan & Webb<br />
1994Gregg 1997<br />
“Pasture species that form a shallow-rooted turf<br />
(for example Yorkshire fog, barley <strong>grass</strong> and<br />
perennial rye<strong>grass</strong>) are more susceptible to attack”<br />
(Blackburn 1983 p. 3); “reduce the productivity<br />
and persistence <strong>of</strong> perennial pastures” (McQuillan<br />
& Webb 1994 p. 49)<br />
Antitrogus spp. larva Scarabeidae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong>es and other plants roots Allsopp 2003<br />
Aphodius tasmaniae Hope larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong>es foliage Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />
1987, Panetta et al.<br />
1993, Gregg 1997<br />
Chlorochiton sp. larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera *Nassella trichotoma roots Lowe 1954 New Zealand sp., large patches killed in NZ<br />
*Cyclocephala signaticollis<br />
Burmeister<br />
larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera pasture and lawn <strong>grass</strong>es roots Carne 1956 most abundant in Cynodon dactylon and Paspalum<br />
dilatatum swards (Carne 1956)<br />
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