Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Kowhai moth caterpillar

Uresiphita polygonalis maorialis (Felder & Rogenhofer)


Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae

Size range

  • About 15 mm long

Distribution

  • New Zealand native
  • Found throughout New Zealand

Life History

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

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