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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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