Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Kowhai moth

Uresiphita polygonalis maorialis (Felder & Rogenhofer)


Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae

Size range

  • Medium–sized moth, wingspan 27 mm

Distribution

  • New Zealand native
  • Found throughout New Zealand

Life History

  • Spotted caterpillars feed on kowhai, brooms, lupin, gorse, clover

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