New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-67018 Speargrass weevil (Lyperobius huttoni) a large flightless, reddish brown to black weevil. This legally protected species was once widespread around Wellington's south coast and coastal hills. But by the late 1980's it was facing extinction in many of these areas. South Island populations remain in eastern montane and subalpine regions from Marlborough to south Canterbury. Host plants are Aciphylla aurea, A.colensoi, and A.squarrosa. Kahutara Saddle, Kaikoura *

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11005-67018 Speargrass weevil (Lyperobius huttoni) a large flightless, reddish brown to black weevil. This legally protected species was once widespread around Wellington's south coast and coastal hills. But by the late 1980's it was facing extinction in many of these areas. South Island populations remain in eastern montane and subalpine regions from Marlborough to south Canterbury. Host plants are Aciphylla aurea, A.colensoi, and A.squarrosa. Kahutara Saddle, Kaikoura *

67018 Speargrass weevil Lyperobius huttoni male large giant flightless weevil tussock grassland speargrass Aciphylla Kahutara Saddle Kaikoura