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Basket-cocoon parasitoid - Meteorus pulchricornis
Added: 15 Feb 2017  Updated: 14 Nov 2018
This adventive wasp was first identified in New Zealand by Dr J Berry in 1996. This parasitoid of caterpillars had probably been in New Zealand for at least a year. It is found throughout western Europe, North Africa, Ch...
Titoki moth - Vanicela disjunctella
Added: 15 Dec 2016  Updated: 04 Jan 2017
This endemic moth is found throughout New Zealand on its host plant, titoki, Alectryon excelsus (Sapindaceae). Its distinctive basket weave cocoons may be found in the fold of leaves of titoki and plants growing under ti...
Golden-brown fern moth - Musotima nitidalis
Added: 07 Feb 2019  Updated: 18 Feb 2019
This native moth is found in Australia and throughout New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands and the Subantarctic Islands, where its fern host plants occur. It is found in native ecosystems on ferns in the families D...
Maidenhair fern moth - Musotima aduncalis
Added: 26 Sep 2018  Updated: 01 Oct 2018
This endemic moth is found throughout New Zealand. It is found in native ecosystems on or near its host plants, some species of native maidenhair ferns, Adiantum species (Pteridaceae). Conservation status: It is found in...
Kawakawa looper - Cleora scriptaria
Added: 21 Jan 2016  Updated: 30 Apr 2018
This endemic moth is found throughout New Zealand. The green or brown caterpillars feed on young leaves of its favoured host plant, kawakawa, Piper excelsum (Piperaceae) and other native trees and shrubs in native ecosys...
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