Talk:Houdinia

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Difficult to improve an article like this, ideas?

All I could think of. Content stuff only. I really doubt we can find more relevant sources than those already in the article, so this would basically need to be trawled out of the already present references. Some info will not be found. NZ researchers, you know what to do... (haha): Leo Breman (talk) 10:54, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

better/longer description, sizes are somewhat inaccurate, see Hoare et al.
physiology
similar species it can be confused with
number eggs, how many egg masses per female, sizes involved, laying behaviour
how many instars?
'Star'-like pattern mining tunnels
depth/location larvae in plant per instar
exit/entry points larvae
population load per plant? Percentage plants infested?
map
pic
NZ conservation rating template (confusing system, can't figure out where "At Risk, Relict" goes)
importance succession in maintenance habitat (add ref/see de Lange et al. 1999)
importance fire (see above)
more habitat: rainfall? acidic soil?
behaviour/lifecycle: mating, courtship, do adults feed?, other
predators, protections against
more info parasitoids
diseases
other species interactions, co-occurrences, competition
Conservation - abundance,
- parks it can be seen in
- pop. trend
- challenges
verify localities= In 1999 de Lange mentions more areas the plant grows in than 3?
problems classification higher taxonomic ranks (see Epimarptidae)