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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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