This adventive leaf mining fly is found throughout New Zealand on its host plants, two naturalised species of plantain, Narrow-leaved plantain Plantago lanceolata and Broad-leaved plantain, Plantago major (Plantaginaceae...
This adventive wasp is an ectoparasite of leaf mining fly larvae and comes from the Europe and North Africa. Wasps from Pakistan were released into New Zealand in 1970, though the species may already have been here. It i...
This adventive fly from Europe is found throughout New Zealand. It is a polyphagous leaf miner that is mainly found on herbaceous Compositae (daisy family). It occurs in crop, ornamental and adventive plants, as well as ...