"Lots of scales on a sapling of southern rata, Metrosideros umbellata. Close-up photos through a 10X botanical hand lens. From the herbivore list on the PlantSyNZ database, this matches Anoplaspis metrosideri, described by Nicholas Martin as ""White scales on leaves of tree ratas, Metrosideros species, often chlorotic areas on leaf; female scale cover white, oystershell-shaped, exuvia brown with dark median area, body and eggs purple-black; male scale cover white, fusiform, exuvia brown."""
Summary[edit] Description: English: Fusilaspis phymatodidis. Species of insect. Date: 9 February 2021. Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/113549304. Author: Peter de Lange. Camera location43° 50′ 07.07″ S, 176° 47′ 12.27″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-43.835297; -176.786743. Image shared by iNaturalist NZ user: pjd1 Licensing[edit] : This file is made available under the Creative CommonsCC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse. : This image was originally posted to iNaturalist by pjd1 at https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/113549304. It was reviewed on 28 August 2021 by INaturalistReviewBot and found to be published under the terms of the Cc-zero license.