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Puriri moth - Aenetus virescens
Added: 14 Sep 2012
Updated: 30 Apr 2018
This endemic moth is found throughout the North Island of New Zealand. It occurs in habitats with dead wood with suitable fungi for its young caterpillars and living host trees in which the larger caterpillars live in tu...
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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