Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Te ngeti o te pūrēhua emepara purukamu

Opodiphthera eucalypti (Scott)

Pūtoi: Lepidoptera
Whānau: Saturniidae

Te Tītaringa

  • Nō Ahitereiria.
  • Kei Te Ika a Māui, kei Whakatū, kei Ōtautahi, tae atu pea ki Ōtepoti.

Te Huringa Ora

  • Ko ngā rākau ka nohoia e te anuhe, ko te purukamu, te rākau pepa, te silver birch, te āperekoti me te waina.
  • Ina noho tōpū ngā pūrēhua manotini, tērā ka kaha te whakakinotia o te rākau.
  • He mārō te kahu–āhuru, he rite ki te nati. E puta ai te pakeke i tēnei, me hikahika rawa te ngeti i te kahu mārō o waho kia mahia rawatia he putanga mōna. Kua whakaritea te oro ka puta ake i tēnei mahi āna ki te kakati a te kiore