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Acrocercops laciniella blackbutt leafminer

Adelges nordmannianae fir adelgid

Adelgid, fir Adelges nordmannianae

Artona martini


Ash whitefly Siphoninus phillyreae

Aenetus virescens Puriri moth

Amasa truncata, introduced ambrosia beetle of hardwoods in New Zealand
(Formerly known as Xyleborus truncatus.)


Ambeodontus tristis, Two-toothed longhorn, a native softwood borer

Amphipsalta spp. Cicadas, Large

Anobium punctatum House Borer (sometimes called household borer)

Anoeconeoassa communis (Psyllid)

Antheraea eucalypti Gum Emperor-Moth

Aphid, Monterey pine Essigella californica

Aphid, pine Eulachnus brevipilosus 

Arhopalus tristis Burnt pine longhorn beetle

Bag moth Liothula omnivora

Bark beetle, black pine Hylastes ater

Bark beetle, cypress Phloeosinus cupressi

Bark Beetle, Golden-haired Hylurgus ligniperda

Beech Buprestid Nascioides enysi

Beech scale Inglisia fagi

Blackbutt leafminer Acrocercops laciniella

Blacklegged Leafroller Planotortrix notophaea

Black pine bark beetle Hylastes ater

Blackwood tortoise beetle Dicranosterna semipunctata 

Blastopsylla occidentalis (shoot psyllid)

Blue-gum Chalcid Ophelimus sp.
(Formerly known as Rhicnopeltella eucalypti)


Bronze beetle Eucolaspis brunnea

Brownheaded leafroller Ctenopseustis obliquana

Brown lace lerp (psyllid), Cardiaspina fiscella

Burnt pine longhorn beetle Arhopalus tristis

Cardiaspina fiscella, Brown lace lerp (psyllid)

Chafers, Grass grub, Melolonthine beetles

Cicadas, Large Amphipsalta spp.

Cinara pilicornis spruce aphid

Creiis lituratus (psyllid)

Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue-gum psyllid)

Ctenarytaina spatulata (shoot psyllid)


Ctenopseustis obliquana Brownheaded leafroller

Cypress barkbeetle Phloeosinus cupressi

Dampwood termite, Australian, Porotermes adamsoni 

Declana floccosa Forest semilooper

Dicranosterna semipunctata Blackwood tortoise beetle


Douglas Fir Seed Chalcid Megastigmus spermatrophus

Elatobium abietinum spruce aphid

Epichorista emphares

Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth

Eriococcus coriaceus Gum-tree Scale

Eriococcus orariensis Causal Agent of Manuka Blight

Ernobius mollis Pine Bark Anobiid

Essigella californica Monterey pine aphid

Eucalyptus Leafroller Strepsicrates macropetana

Eucalyptus tortoise beetle Paropsis charybdis

Eucalyptolyma maideni (lerp psyllid)

Eucolaspis brunnea bronze beetle

Eulachnus brevipilosus pine aphid

Fir Adelgid Adelges nordmannianae

Forest semilooper Declana floccosa

Gonipterus scuttelatus Gum-tree weevil

Grass grub, Melolonthine beetles, Chafers

Greenheaded Leafroller Planotortrix excessana

Greenhouse Thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis

Gregarious tineid Hierodoris atychioides

Golden-haired bark beetle Hylurgus ligniperda

Gum Emperor-Moth, Antheraea eucalypti

Gum-tree Scale Eriococcus coriaceus

Gum-leaf skeletoniser Uraba lugens

Gum-tree weevil Gonipterus scuttelatus

Heliothis armigera, Tomato fruitworm

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis Greenhouse Thrips

Hierodoris atychioides gregarious tineid

House Borer (sometimes called household borer) Anobium punctatum

Household borer, native Leanobium flavomaculatum

Hylastes ater, black pine bark beetle

Hylurgus ligniperda, Golden-haired Bark Beetle


Inglisia fagi Beech scale

Isotenes miserana orange fruit borer

Kalotermes brouni New Zealand drywood termite

Kanuka Longhorn Ochrocydus huttoni

Leaf-mining sawfly Phylacteophaga froggatti

Leanobium flavomaculatum, a native household borer

Lemon tree borer Oemona hirta

Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana


Liothula omnivora Bag moth

Looper caterpillar, native Pseudocoremia fenerata

Looper caterpillar, native Pseudocoremia suavis

Lyctus brunneus Powder-post beetle

Manuka Blight Eriococcus orariensis

Megastigmus spermatrophusDouglas Fir Seed Chalcid

Melolonthine Beetles (Grass Grub and other Chafers)

Monterey pine aphid Essigella californica

Mountain beech moth Proteodes carnifex

Madarococcas totarae Totora scale

Nambouria xanthops, gall-forming insect pest of Eucalyptus

Nascioides enysi Beech Buprestid

Navomorpha lineata, native longhorn beetle

Ochrocydus huttoni Kanuka Longhorn

Oemona hirta lemon tree borer

Oligonychus ununguis Spruce mite

Ophelimus, gall-formers on Eucalyptus spp.

Pachycotes peregrinus, a native softwood borer in moist logs and slow-seasoning forest produce

Paropsis charybdis Eucalyptus tortoise beetle

Phloeosinus cupressi,  Cypress barkbeetle

Phoracantha semipunctata, introduced longhorn beetle

Phylacteophaga froggatti Leaf-mining sawfly

Pine Bark Anobiid  Ernobius mollis

Pine aphid Eulachnus brevipilosus

Pine twig chermes or pine woolly aphid, Pineus laevis

Pineus laevis Pine twig chermes or pine woolly aphid, 

Pine woolly aphid or pine twig chermes Pineus laevis

Pinhole borers, native (Platypus apicalis, Platypus caviceps and Platypus gracilis)

Pit weevils Psepholax species

Planotortrix excessana Greenheaded Leafroller


Planotortrix notophaea Blacklegged Leafroller

Platypus spp. pinhole borers, native

Porotermes adamsoni Australian dampwood termite

Possums Trichosurus vulpecula

Powder-post beetle Lyctus brunneus

Proteodes carnifex Mountain beech moth

Psepholax species
, pit weevils 

Pseudocoremia fenerata a native looper

Pseudocoremia suavis, a native looper caterpillar

Puriri moth Aenetus virescens

Siphoninus phillyreae Ash whitefly

Sirex wood wasp Sirex noctilio

Spruce Aphid Elatobium abietinum and Cinara pilicornis

Spruce mite Oligonychus ununguis

Strepsicrates macropetana Eucalyptus Leafroller

Subterranean termites, Australian


Termite, Australian dampwood Porotermes adamsoni

Termite, Australian
subterranean

Termite, New Zealand drywood Kalotermes brouni

Termites, subterranean, Australian

Tomato fruitworm Heliothis armigera

Torostoma apicale A native wood-boring weevil

Tortoise beetle, Blackwood Dicranosterna semipunctata

Tortoise beetle, Eucalyptus Paropsis charybdis

Tortoise beetle, Trachymela catenata

Totora scale Madarococcas totarae

Trachymela catenata (Tortoise beetle)

Trichosurus vulpecula Possums

Uraba lugens Gum-leaf skeletoniser


Weevil, native wood-boring Torostoma apicale

Whitefly, Ash Siphoninus phillyreae