Styphelia tameiameiae (Pukiawe)
Epacridaceae
Indigenous
Lepidoptera collected from this plant in the Alaka`i Swamp:
A fruit feeder, Carposina gracillima (Carposinidae) can also be found in the berries of pukiawe, but plants in the swamp were rarely fruiting when I was collecting. E. monticolans is probably carnivorous on sessile insects on the plant. Hyposmocoma are case-bearing surface grazers.
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Maintained by: Laurie Henneman
(M.L.Henneman@bris.ac.uk),
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol