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Table A2.1 (continued)<br />

Species<br />

Life Family Order Host Host tissue References Notes<br />

stage<br />

Atherigona spp., shoot flies larva Muscidae Diptera <strong>grass</strong>es, *cereals shoots Pont 1989 “primary pests”<br />

- larva microlepidoptera Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es Wapshere 1990 Europe<br />

Anthela basigera (Walker) larva Anthelidae Leidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es foligage Marriott 2008<br />

Anthela denticulata (Newman) larva Anthelidae Leidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es,*cereals; *Triticum<br />

aestivum<br />

foliage French 1911,<br />

Common 1990,<br />

Edwards & Fairey<br />

Anthela euryphrica Turner larva Anthelidae Leidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es; causes periodic damage to<br />

crops<br />

1996 , Marriott 2008<br />

foliage Common 1990;<br />

Edwards & Fairey<br />

1996<br />

Anthela ferruginosa Walker larva Anthelidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, *cereals foliage Common 1990<br />

Anthela ocellata (Walker) larva Anthelidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, *cereals foliage French 1911,<br />

Common 1990,<br />

Marriott 2008<br />

various introduced <strong>grass</strong>es,<br />

*Ehrharta erecta<br />

foliage Coupar & Coupar<br />

1992<br />

Anthela oressarcha Turner larva Anthelidae Leidoptera <strong>grass</strong> foliage Common 1990<br />

Anthela ostra Swinhoe larva Anthelidae Leidoptera causes periodic damage to crops foliage Edwards & Fairey<br />

1996<br />

Pterolocera spp. larva Anthelidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es; periodic damage to native<br />

pastures<br />

“frequently found feeding on <strong>grass</strong>es in gardens”<br />

(Common 1990)<br />

? <strong>grass</strong> feeder; ?insect found in SE Aust.<br />

foliage Common 1990,<br />

Edwards & Fairey<br />

1996, Marriott 2008<br />

larvae “accept Poa spp. and many introduced<br />

<strong>grass</strong>es” (Marriott 2008); also “clover and low<br />

growing shrubs” (Common 1990)<br />

Synemon plana Walker larva Castniidae Lepidoptera Austrodanthonia laevis roots Common 1990 See general discussion on Synemon spp.<br />

- larva Elachistidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es leaf and<br />

stem<br />

miners<br />

Cosmiotes synethes (Meyrick) larva Elachistidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, *Bromus catharticus,<br />

*Triticum aestivum<br />

Wapshere 1990,<br />

Nielsen & Common<br />

1991<br />

leaf miner Common 1990,<br />

Nielsen & Common<br />

1991<br />

Fraus simulans Walker larva Hepialidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987<br />

Oncopera spp. larva Hepialidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es roots,<br />

stems,<br />

leaves<br />

Chadwick 1966,<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987, Common<br />

1990, Gregg 1997,<br />

Edwards 2002<br />

Europe, <strong>Australia</strong><br />

“larva produces an elongate blotch mine”<br />

(Common 1990)<br />

feeds “mostly on <strong>grass</strong>es”<br />

Oncopera alboguttata Tindale larva Hepialidae Lepidoptera *Nassella trichotoma foliage Campbell 1998 killed small areas<br />

Oncopera alpina Tindale larva Hepialidae Lepidoptera Poa “australis”, Poa spp.<br />

snow<strong>grass</strong>es<br />

Oncopera fasciculatus (Walker) larva Hepialidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es and other pasture plants,<br />

annual <strong>grass</strong>es, *Phalaris,<br />

*Dactylis glomerata<br />

tussock<br />

bases and<br />

roots?<br />

foliage<br />

Carr & Turner 1959,<br />

Chadwick 1966,<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987, Common<br />

1990,<br />

Madge 1954, Erlich<br />

1980, Allsopp &<br />

Hitchcock 1987<br />

“prefer <strong>grass</strong>es, especially reye<strong>grass</strong>” (Gregg<br />

1997); “Young larvae ... feed on the roots and<br />

leaves <strong>of</strong> young <strong>grass</strong>es” (Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987 p. 74). Larve “feed on the bases <strong>of</strong> snow<br />

<strong>grass</strong> tussocks” (Edwards 2002 p. 61). Stem and<br />

blade-base most damaging (Chadwick 1966)<br />

“extensive patch death” in <strong>Australia</strong>n Alps<br />

(McDougall &Walsh 2007); “damage to the aerial<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> the tussocks is slight” (Carr & Turner 1959<br />

p. 20).<br />

“eat new green pasture as it appears ... larger<br />

numbers ... eat both new green feed and old dry<br />

pasture”, mature Phalaris tussocks little damaged,<br />

D. glomerata tussocks killed (Madge 1954 p. 193)<br />

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