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Table A2.1 (continued)<br />

Species<br />

*Heteronychus arator (Fabricius),<br />

Life<br />

stage<br />

larva<br />

adult<br />

Family Order Host Host tissue References Notes<br />

Scarabaeidae Coleoptera mainly damages <strong>grass</strong>es, larvae on<br />

matt-forming <strong>grass</strong>es incl. *kikuyu,<br />

*paspalum; *maize, *sweet corn,<br />

lawns, pastures<br />

roots,<br />

rhizomes,<br />

shoots,<br />

felled<br />

heads<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987, Panetta et<br />

al.1993, Gregg 1997<br />

Saulostomus villosus<br />

Waterhouse<br />

Scitala sericans Erichson larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera damages pastures roots Hardy 1976b,<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987<br />

larvae on roots, adults on shoots or chew holes in<br />

stems <strong>of</strong> young plants<br />

larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera damages pastures and turf roots Hardy 1976a the soil-dwelling larvae “feed on plant material<br />

including roots” (Hardy 1976a p. 282)<br />

Sericesthis consanguinea<br />

(Blackburn)<br />

larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera *wheat, *oats roots Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987<br />

Sericesthis geminata Boisduval larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, including *Lolium perenne roots Carne & Chinnick<br />

1957, Wensler 1971,<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcok<br />

1987, Panetta et<br />

al.1993, Gregg 1997<br />

Sericesthis harti Sharp larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera *cereals roots Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987<br />

Sericesthis nigrolineata (Boisd.) larva Scarabaeidae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, incl. *Lolium perenne roots Ridsdill-Smith 1975,<br />

Hardy 1976b,<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987, Britton 1987,<br />

Gregg 1997<br />

- larva Tenebrionidae Coleoptera <strong>grass</strong>es etc. Gregg 1997 damage seedlings<br />

Helea, Pterohelaeus, Gonocephalum, larvae, Tenebrionidae Coleoptera *cereals, incl. *Triticum aestivum seeds,<br />

Isopteron and Saragus spp.<br />

adults<br />

seedlings<br />

- larva Agromyzidae Diptera <strong>grass</strong>es, *rice leaves,<br />

stems<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987, Matthews &<br />

Bouchard 2008<br />

Wapshere 1990,<br />

Colless & McAlpine<br />

1991, Hely 1958<br />

“after entering the third instar ... the larvae confine<br />

their feeding to the roots <strong>of</strong> <strong>grass</strong>es” (Carne &<br />

Chinnick 1957 p. 608); “prefer <strong>grass</strong>es over broadleaf<br />

plants” (Allsopp & Hitchcock 1987 p. 20);<br />

“feed upon young roots” (Britton 1987 p.687).<br />

“larvae preferentially select and feed on living<br />

roots” (Ridsdill-Smith 1975 p. 75); “feed upon<br />

young roots <strong>of</strong> <strong>grass</strong>es” (Britton 1987 p.687)<br />

larvae damage seed and seedlings before<br />

emergence, adults usually eat the seedling at<br />

ground level; Pterohelaeus are “major root and<br />

seedling pests”, Isopteron “recorded feeding on<br />

geminating wheat” (Matthews & Bouchard 2008)<br />

Europe (Wapshere 1990). Rice leaf miner (Hely<br />

1958). Leaf and stem miners, gall makers<br />

Asphondylini sp. larva Cecidomyiidae Diptera Themeda triandra spikelets McDougall 1989 undescribed sp., prob a new genus (Robin Adair,<br />

pers. comm. 2006)<br />

larva Cecidomyiidae Diptera Austrostipa spp. spikelets Yen 1999 “may ... be the same species” as on T. triandra<br />

(Yen 1999)<br />

- larva Cecidomyiidae Diptera Andropogon Boucek 1988 p. 561 gall former<br />

- larva Cecidomyiidae Diptera <strong>grass</strong>es stems Boucek 1988, Europe (Wapshere 1990)<br />

bloodworms, ?Chironomus tepperi<br />

Skuse<br />

Wapshere 1990<br />

larva Chironomidae Diptera *rice ?roots Hely 1958, Colless &<br />

McAlpine 1991<br />

- larva Chloropidae Diptera <strong>grass</strong>es shoots and<br />

stems<br />

Hydrellia spp. larva Ephydridae Diptera *rice, *barley, *irrigated cereals leaves,<br />

stems<br />

Colless & McAlpine<br />

1991<br />

Mathis 1989<br />

“failure <strong>of</strong> seedling development” (Hely 1958 p.<br />

31), mainly physical disturbance to roots (Colless<br />

& McAlpine); may similarly effect other <strong>grass</strong>es in<br />

submerged situations<br />

inside young growth; may be largely bacteriafeeders<br />

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