Forest pests
- Acrocercops laciniella, Blackbutt leafminer
- Adelges nordmannianae, Fir Adelgid in New Zealand
- Aenetus virescens, puriri moth
- Amasa truncata, introduced ambrosia beetle
- Ambeodontus tristis, Two-toothed longhorn
- Amphipsalta spp., large cicadas
- Anobium punctatum, household borer
- Anoeconeoassa communis, Eucalyptus psyllid
- Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian Longhorn beetle
- Arhopalus tristis, Burnt pine longhorn beetle
- Ash Whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae
- Asian gypsy moth, spongy moth Lymantria dispar
- Asian Longhorn beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
- Auger beetle, Sinoxylon spp.
- Australian termites in New Zealand
- Bag moth, Liothula omnivora
- Bark beetles, pine, unwanted
- Beech buprestid, Nascioides enysi
- Beech scale, Inglisia fagi
- Black pine bark beetle, Hylastes ater
- Blackbutt leafminer, Acrocercops laciniella
- Blacklegged leafroller, Planotortrix notophaea
- Blastopsylla occidentalis, Eucalyptus shoot psyllid
- Blue-gum chalcid, Ophelimus sp.
- Blue-gum psyllid, Ctenarytaina eucalypti
- Bronze beetle, Eucolaspis brunnea
- Bronze bug, Thaumastocoris peregrinus
- Brown lace lerp psyllid, Cardiaspina fiscella
- Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys
- Brownheaded leafroller Ctenopseustis obliquana and C. herana
- Burnt pine longhorn beetle, Arhopalus tristis
- Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, Pinewood nematode and its vector Monochamus alternatus
- Calliprason pallidus, longhorn beetle
- Cardiaspina fiscella, the brown lace lerp psyllid
- Carulaspis minima, armoured scale insect
- Ceratokalotermes spoliator, Australian termite in New Zealand
- Cicadas, large, Amphipsalta spp.
- Cinara cupressi, cypress aphid
- Cladius grandis, poplar sawfly
- Contarinia spp., Gall forming midges on Douglas fir
- Coptomma lineatum, a native longhorn beetle
- Coptotermes acinaciformis, Australian subterranean termites
- Coptotermes frenchi, Australian subterranean termites
- Corythucha ciliata, Sycamore lace bug
- Creiis lituratus, Eucalyptus lerp forming psyllid
- Cryptotermes brevis, West Indian drywood termite
- Ctenarytaina eucalypti, Blue-gum psyllid
- Ctenarytaina spatulata, Eucalyptus shoot psyllid
- Ctenopseustis herana, Brownheaded leafroller
- Ctenopseustis obliquana, Brownheaded leafroller
- Cypress aphid, Cinara cupressi
- Cypress Bark Beetle, Phloeosinus cupressi
- Dasineura rubiformis, Australian gall midge found on black wattle
- Declana floccosa, forest semilooper
- Dendroctonus spp., unwanted bark beetles
- Dicranosterna semipunctata, blackwood tortoise beetle
- Dioryctria sylvestrella, pine stem borer
- Douglas Fir Seed Chalcid, Megastigmus spermotrophus
- Drywood termite, New Zealand Kalotermes brouni
- Elatobium abietinum, Spruce Aphid
- Epichorista emphares
- Epiphyas postvittana, light-brown apple moth
- Eriococcus coriaceus (gum-tree scale)
- Eriococcus orariensis, Causal Agent of Manuka Blight
- Eriococcus orariensis, Manuka blight
- Ernobius mollis, Pine Bark Anobiid
- Essigella californica, the Monterey pine aphid
- Eucalyptolyma maideni lerp psyllid
- Eucalyptus gall, Nambouria xanthops
- Eucalyptus leaf beetle Paropsisterna beata
- Eucalyptus leafroller, Strepsicrates macropetana
- Eucalyptus sawfly, Phylacteophaga froggatti
- Eucalyptus shoot psyllids
- Eucalyptus tortoise beetle, Paropsis charybdis
- Eucalyptus variegated beetle, Paropsisterna variicollis
- Eucolaspis brunnea, bronze beetle
- Eulachnus brevipilosus, Pine Aphid
- European elm leaf beetle, Pyrrhalta luteola
- European house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus
- European pine weevil, Hylobius abietis
- European wasps Vespula germanica and V. vulgaris
- Euwallacea fornicatus, polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB)
- Fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea
- Fir Adelgid, Adelges nordmannianae in New Zealand
- Forest semilooper, Declana floccosa
- Gall-forming midges on Douglas fir
- Giant Pine Scale, Marchalina hellenica
- Giant Willow Aphid, Tuberolachnus salignus
- Glycaspis brimblecombei, red gum lerp psyllid
- Glycaspis granulata, sugary lerp psyllid
- Glyptotermes tuberculatus, Australian termite in New Zealand
- Golden-haired Bark Beetle, Hylurgus ligniperda
- Gonipterus platensis, Gum-tree weevil (Formerly known as G. scuttelatus)
- Granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus
- Grass grub and other chafers- melolonthine beetles in forests
- Greenheaded leafroller, Planotortrix excessana
- Greenhouse thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
- Gregarious tineid, Hierodoris atychioides
- Gum emperor moth, Opodiphthera eucalypti
- Gum tree scale, Eriococcus coriaceus
- Gum-leaf skeletoniser, Uraba lugens
- Gum-tree weevil, Gonipterus platensis (Formerly known as G. scuttelatus)
- Hadrobregmus magnus, native anobiid wood borer
- Halyomorpha halys, Brown marmorated stink bug
- Heliothis armigera, tomato fruitworm
- Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, greenhouse thrips
- Heterobostrychus aequalis, Oriental wood borer
- Hexatricha pulverulenta, squeaking longhorn
- Hierodoris atychioides, gregarious tineid
- Holicola sp. near triangulana
- Household borer, Anobium punctatum
- Household borer, native, Leanobium flavomaculatum
- Huhu beetle, Prionoplus reticularis
- Hylastes ater, Black pine bark beetle
- Hylobius abietis, European pine weevil
- Hylotrupes bajulus, European house borer
- Hylurgus ligniperda, Golden-haired Bark Beetle
- Hyphantria cunea, Fall webworm
- Inglisia fagi, beech scale
- Ips spp., unwanted bark beetles
- Isotenes miserana, orange fruit borer moth
- Kaka, Nestor meridionalis
- Kalotermes brouni, the New Zealand drywood termite
- Kanuka longhorn, Ochrocydus huttoni
- Keyhole Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborinus saxesenii
- Leanobium flavomaculatum, a native household borer
- Lemon-tree borer, Oemona hirta
- Leptocybe invasa
- Lerp forming psyllid, Creiis lituratus
- Lerp psyllid Eucalyptolyma maideni
- Leucaspis portaeaureae, scale insect
- Light-brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana
- Liothula omnivora, Bag moth
- Longhorn beetle, Calliprason pallidus
- Longhorn beetle, native, Coptomma lineatum
- Longnosed Kauri Weevil, Mitrastethus baridioides
- Looper caterpillar, Pseudocoremia suavis
- Looper, native Pseudocoremia fenerata
- Lyctus brunneus, powder-post beetle,
- Lymantria dispar, Asian gypsy moth, spongy moth
- Lymantria monacha, Nun moth
- Macarostola ida
- Madarococcas totarae, Totara scale
- Manuka blight, causal agent, Eriococcus orariensis
- Manuka blight, Eriococcus orariensis
- Marchalina hellenica, Giant Pine Scale
- Megastigmus spermotrophus, Douglas Fir Seed Chalcid
- Melolonthine beetles in forests - grass grub and other chafers
- Mitrastethus baridioides, Longnosed Kauri Weevil
- Monochamus alternatus, pine sawyer beetle
- Monterey pine aphid, Essigella californica
- Mountain beech moth, Proteodes carnifex
- Nambouria xanthops, eucalyptus gall
- Nascioides enysi, Beech buprestid
- Native anobiid wood borer, Hadrobregmus magnus
- Nestor meridionalis, Kaka
- New Zealand wetwood termites
- Nun moth, Lymantria monacha
- Obolodiplosis robiniae, Robinia gall midge
- Ochrocydus huttoni, kanuka longhorn
- Oemona hirta, Lemon-tree borer
- Ophelimus sp. Blue-gum chalcid
- Ophelimus spp., gall-formers on Eucalyptus spp.
- Opodiphthera eucalypti, Gum emperor moth
- Orange fruit borer moth, Isotenes miserana
- Oriental wood borer, Heterobostrychus aequalis
- Orygia thyellina, White-spotted tussock moth
- Pachycotes peregrinus, a native borer in moist logs and slow-seasoning forest produce
- Painted apple moth, Teia anartoides
- Paropsis charybdis, Eucalyptus tortoise beetle
- Paropsisterna beata, Eucalyptus leaf beetle (ELB)
- Paropsisterna morio
- Paropsisterna variicollis, the Eucalyptus variegated beetle (EVB)
- Peltoschema near P. orphana
- Peltoschema suturalis
- Phloeosinus cupressi, the Cypress Bark Beetle
- Phoracantha semipunctata, Eucalyptus longhorn beetle
- Phylacteophaga froggatti, Eucalyptus sawfly
- Pine Aphid, Eulachnus brevipilosus
- Pine Bark Anobiid, Ernobius mollis
- Pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa
- Pine sawyer beetle, Monochamus alternatus
- Pine shoot moth, Rhyacionia buoliana
- Pine stem borer, Dioryctria sylvestrella
- Pine woolly aphid, Pineus pini
- Pineus pini, the pine woolly aphid
- Pinewood nematode
- Pinhole borers, native
- Pit weevils, Psepholax species
- Planotortrix excessana, greenheaded leafroller
- Planotortrix notophaea, blacklegged leafroller
- Platypus apicalis, pinhole borer
- Platypus gracilis, pinhole borer
- Polyphagous shot-hole borer Euwallacea fornicatus
- Poplar sawfly, Cladius grandis
- Porotermes adamsoni, Australian dampwood termites
- Possums, brushtail, Trichosurus vulpecula
- Powder-post beetle, Lyctus brunneus
- Prionoplus reticularis, the huhu beetle
- Proteodes carnifex, Mountain beech moth
- Psepholax species, pit weevils
- Pseudocoremia fenerata, a native looper
- Pseudocoremia suavis, Looper caterpillar
- Psyllid, ash leaf Psyllopsis fraxinicola
- Psyllids, Acacia
- Psyllids, eucalypt
- Psyllopsis fraxinicola, Ash leaf psyllid
- Puriri moth, Aenetus virescens
- Pyrrhalta luteola, European elm leaf beetle
- Red gum lerp psyllid, Glycaspis brimblecombei
- Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta in New Zealand
- Rhyacionia buoliana, Pine shoot moth
- Robinia gall midge, Obolodiplosis robiniae
- Sinoxylon spp., Auger beetle
- Siphoninus phillyreae Ash Whitefly
- Sirex noctilio, Sirex Woodwasp
- Solenopsis invicta, Red Imported Fire Ant in New Zealand
- Spruce Aphid, Elatobium abietinum
- Squeaking longhorn, Hexatricha pulverulenta
- Stolotermes spp. New Zealand wetwood termites
- Strepsicrates macropetana, Eucalyptus leafroller
- Sugary lerp psyllid, Glycaspis granulata
- Sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata
- Teia anartoides, painted apple moth
- Thaumastocoris peregrinus, bronze bug
- Thaumetopoea pityocampa, Pine processionary moth
- Tomato fruitworm, Heliothis armigera
- Torostoma apicale, a native wood-boring weevil
- Tortoise beetle, blackwood Dicranosterna semipunctata
- Totara scale, Madarococcas totarae
- Trachymela catenata, tortoise beetle pest of Eucalyptus
- Trachymela sloanei
- Treptoplatypus caviceps, pinhole borer
- Trichosurus vulpecula, brushtail possums
- Tuberolachnus salignus, the Giant Willow Aphid
- Two-toothed longhorn, Ambeodontus tristis
- Uraba lugens, Gum-leaf skeletoniser
- Vespula germanica
- Vespula vulgaris
- Weevil, native wood boring, Torostoma apicale
- West Indian drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis
- White-spotted tussock moth, Orygia thyellina
- Xyleborinus saxesenii, a keyhole ambrosia beetle
- Xylosandrus crassiusculus, granulate ambrosia beetle
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- Update to the Forest Owners Association Road Engineering Manual: Forest Road Design for HPMVs.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The NZFOA/NZFFA Transport and Logistics committee is pleased to announce the release of a new appendix to the New Zealand Forest Owners Road Engineering Manual, titled Forest Roads for High…
- Emissions Trading Scheme fee review a relief for cost-struck foresters
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association says the review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) fees is a relief for foresters facing excessive costs and loss of climate change action. …
- Planting trees on pasture can have a positive impact on soil health
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Rather than damaging soil in New Zealand, planting trees on pasture restores soil to be similar to its original condition. A recent news story highlighting changes in soils from converting…
- Forest plantation soils have benefits too
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says the fact that soils under plantation forests are similar to soils under native trees, does not make them damaged, as a recent Newshub report has claimed.…
- Wilding Conifers - A legacy issue that needs continued, collaborative management
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Forest owners welcome the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) acknowledgement that the presence of wilding conifers across New Zealand is largely a legacy issue, but caution against placing costs…
- Stock take of the commercially viable alternatives to Pinus radiata
Tuesday, October 03, 2023
Scion has published a “Stock Take of the Commercially Viable Alternatives to Pinus Radiata” for MPI, which reviews alternative species, their expected growth rates, climatic range, resilience to pests or…
- SNA regulations 'confusing ecological naivety'
Thursday, July 06, 2023
Forest Owners say the just released National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB) is a classic bureaucratic formula of confusing ecological naivety which will not help rare species and likely…
- Primary sector leadership not addressing economics as the real climate change issue
Tuesday, July 04, 2023
The immediate past president of the Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) says the leaders of the primary sector and government are ineffectively tinkering with lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Graham West says the…
- Forest Owners hail ‘Biosecurity Hero’
Monday, May 22, 2023
The Forest Owners Association and Scion want more people to report suspicious imported wood products which might be infested with introduced wood and forest pests. FOA Biosecurity Manager, Brendan Gould,…
- Ministerial inquiry could have widespread implications for Tairawhiti community
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry says the just announced Tairawhiti land use inquiry is recommending measures which will stop the very activities which are vital for the region’s recovery.…
- Tairawhiti land use inquiry not addressing wider issues
Sunday, May 14, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the Ministerial Inquiry into landuse in Tarawhiti has a core of practical recommendations, but has not addressed some more difficult and fundamental issues. President, Grant…
- Forest Owners say carbon-only forestry should be kept off productive land
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The Forest Owners Association would like to see production forestry and farming on productive land – rather than this land used for carbon-only forests. It says this should be a…
- Opportunities from Trees Workshops - NZ Wide
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The NZ Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) is running 18 extension workshops in May and June with a target audience of landowners, or people with access to land, who are potential tree…
- Forest Owners back more trees for Tairawhiti
Sunday, April 16, 2023
The Forest Owners Association has told the Ministerial Inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti, that the region’s future has to include more trees for land stability. But it appreciates forest…
- Small scale woodlot owners have their say in Tairawhiti Land use Inquiry
Sunday, April 02, 2023
he outgoing President of the Farm Forestry Association says it has been vital for farm foresters to directly address the Ministerial Inquiry into forestry and other land use in Tairāwhiti.…
- Future forests need to be multifunctional to meet climate change in Tairawhiti
Thursday, March 16, 2023
The Farm Forestry Association says the just convened Ministerial Inquiry, into land-use across Tairāwhiti, needs to look closely at the tree options for shoring up vulnerable farm and former forest land in…
- Hill country farming campaign shows they think climate change is someone else’s problem
Thursday, March 09, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the latest campaign against forestry, led by Beef+Lamb New Zealand and 50 Shades of Green, is climate change responsibility denial, and is dangerous in the…
- Forest Owners says two months too brief to look into the complex land issues in Tairawhiti.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the two month long inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti doesn’t give enough time or depth to find solutions. The Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins has…
- Forest Owners want genetic technology approved
Thursday, February 16, 2023
The Forest Owners Organisation says New Zealand needs to concentrate on the safety of genetic technology on a case-by-case basis rather than persisting with blanket bans. The FOA wants approval…
- Fieldays Forestry Hub to demonstrate that forestry is a solution
Monday, November 28, 2022
A range of solutions to farmers’ current problems will be on display in the Fieldays Forestry Hub near Hamilton between 30 November and 3 December, says Farm Forestry Association president,…
