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Lightbrown apple moth - Native or endemic host plants |
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The list of native/endemic plant species on which lightbrown apple moth occurs is much shorter than the exotic plant list. Colour coding identifies the frequency with which lightbrown apple moth caterpillars have been found on the different plant families:
| very commonly | commonly | occasionally |
| AGAVACEAE | Cordyline australis | Phormium tenax | |
| CORIARIACEAE | Coriaria arborea | Coriaria sarmentosa | |
| FABACEAE | Carmichaelia sp. | Clianthus puniceus | |
| HALORAGACEAE | Haloragis erecta | ||
| MALVACEAE | Hoheria populnea | ||
| MYRTACEAE | Leptospermum ericoides | Leptospermum scoparium | Metrosideros excelsa |
| OENOTHERACEAE | Epilobium erectum | ||
| ONAGRACEAE | Fuchsia excorticata | ||
| ROSACEAE | Rubus parvus | ||
| SCROPHULARIACEAE | Hebe spp. | Hebe speciosa | Parahebe catarractae |
| URTICACEAE | Urtica ferox | ||
| WINTERACEAE | Pseudowintera colorata |