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Table A2.1 (continued)<br />

Species<br />

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

stage<br />

Heteronympha penelope Waterh. larva Nymphalidae Lepidoptera Austrodanthonia penicillata,<br />

Austrodanthonia pilosa, Poa sp.,<br />

leaves Braby 2000 butterfly not a <strong>grass</strong>land sp. Sources: Jarvis 1908,<br />

Tindale 1952a, Common & Waterhouse 1981<br />

Poa snow<strong>grass</strong>, Themeda triandra<br />

Hypocysta metirius Butler larva Nymphalidae Lepidoptera Alexfloydia repens, *Cynodon leaves Braby 2000 source for C. dactylon E.O. Edwards 1948<br />

dactylon,<br />

Oriexenica ptunarra L.E. Couchman larva Nymphaliidae Lepidoptera Poa gunnii, P. labillardieri, P. foliage Braby 2000<br />

rodwayi<br />

Philobota productella (Walker),<br />

P. chionoptera Meyrick,<br />

P. diaereta Turner, P. physaula<br />

Meyrick<br />

larva Oecophoridae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es foliage,<br />

litter<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987, Hill et al.<br />

1993, Common 1990<br />

plus “other herbaceous plants ... at times damage<br />

pastures” (Common 1990); “Foliage is cut and<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten left uneaten on the ground” (Allsopp &<br />

Hitchcock 1987 p. 80)<br />

‘Lomera’ caespitosae Oke<br />

(“Plutorectis” caespitosae)<br />

larva Psychidae Lepidoptera Poa Snow Grass, “Poa australis” leaves, leaf<br />

lamina just<br />

above the<br />

sheath<br />

Carr & Turner 1959,<br />

Chadwick 1966,<br />

Common 1990,<br />

Green & Osborne<br />

1994, Edwards 2002<br />

“feeds exclusively on snow <strong>grass</strong>”, “heavily<br />

infested ... tussocks are completely cut through at<br />

the base and do not recover” (Carr & Turner 1959<br />

p. 19). “Extensive patch death” in <strong>Australia</strong>n Alps<br />

(McDougall &Walsh 2007). But damage confused<br />

with Oncopera alpina, which does most <strong>of</strong> the<br />

damage.<br />

‘Lomera’ boisduvalii (Westwood) larva Psychidae Lepidoptera probably <strong>grass</strong>es Common 1990<br />

‘Lomera’ spp. larva Psychidae Lepidoptera probably <strong>grass</strong>es Common 1990 most other spp. probably feed on <strong>grass</strong>es.<br />

Achyra affinitalis (Led.) larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera *Sorghum, *Zea mays Common 1990 highly polyphagou – many families<br />

Callamatropha leptogramella larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, cereals, *Paspalum Common 1990 “minor pasture pest”<br />

(Meyrick)<br />

Conogethes punctiferalis (Guen.) larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera *Sorghum, *Zea mays heads Common 1990 occurs S to N. NSW<br />

Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guen.) larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera *Oryza sativa<br />

Culladia cuneiferellus (Walker) larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, *cereals, *Cynodon<br />

dactylon<br />

lawns<br />

Hednota spp. larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, *cereals incl. wheat,<br />

barley and rye, *Hordeum spp.,<br />

*Bromus spp., *Vulpia spp.<br />

Hednota bivitella (Don.),<br />

H. crypsichroa Lower,<br />

H. longipalpella (Meyrick),<br />

H. panteucha (Meyrick),<br />

H. pedionoma (Meyrick),<br />

H. pleniferellus (Walker)<br />

leaves Common 1990 <strong>grass</strong> both exotic and native, sometimes damages<br />

foliage<br />

Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987, Panetta et al.<br />

1993, Gregg 1997<br />

larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es Allsopp & Hitchcock<br />

1987, Common 1990<br />

“minor pests <strong>of</strong> native <strong>grass</strong>es” (Gregg 1997);<br />

damage evident from “chopped <strong>of</strong>f shoots”<br />

(Allsopp & Hitchcock 1987 p. 78)<br />

larvae in silk galleries in crowns or surface soil<br />

Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walk.) larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es, *cereals, *Paspalum, leaves Common 1990 lawn and pasture pest, S to N NSW<br />

*Pennisetum clandestinum<br />

Mampava rhodoneura (Turn.) larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera *Cenchrus ciliaris seed Common 1990 insect in C Qld (Common 1990 p. 348) ; ?both<br />

plant and insect in SE Aust.<br />

Marasmia venilialis (Walker) larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong> Common 1990 larva in rolled leaf shelter<br />

Sclerobia trialis (Walker) larva Pyralidae Lepidoptera *Cynodon dactylon leaves Common 1990 C. dactylon is both exotic and native; “minor<br />

pasture pest ...also damages lawns”<br />

Eretmocera dioctis (Meyr.) larva Scythrididae Lepidoptera *Chloris gayana, Enteropogon<br />

Common 1990 insect at least in N NSW (Common 1990 p. 266)<br />

acicularis<br />

- larva Tineidae Lepidoptera <strong>grass</strong>es Common 1990 larvae <strong>of</strong> some spp. “tunnel in the soil and feed on<br />

<strong>grass</strong>” (Common 1990 p. 183); however true<br />

phytophagy is “very rare” and generally facultative<br />

(Robinson & Nielsen 1993 p. 25)<br />

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