Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu

Gum leaf skeletoniser eggs

Uraba lugens Walker

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu [Uraba lugens] eggs. Image: Project Noah

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu Uraba lugens eggs. Image: Project Noah

Pūtoi
Order: Lepidoptera
Whānau
Family: Nolidae

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Te Rahi

He iti te hanga , 1–2 mm

Size range

Tiny, 1–2 mm

Te Tītaringa

Nō Ahitereiria, i āta kitea tuatahitia i Aotearoa i te tau 1997.

Distribution

Australian, first recorded in New Zealand in 1997

Te Huringa Ora

He anuhe āhua rahi. Ka huri ana hei pūrēhua, ka 50 mm te whānui mai i te pito o tētahi parirau ki tētahi.
Tukuna whakararahia ai ngā hua ki ngā mata e rua o te rau purukamu.
He pōtae tāpua tō ētahi o ngā anuhe, koia ōna kahu upoko tawhito.
Tērā ka mangeo te kiri tangata i ngā huru o te anuhe.
He whakakino tāna i ngā rau o te Eucalyptus, i āna mahi whakaporoiwi, kaikai rau.

Life history

Medium sized caterpillar. Moth, wingspan 50 mm.
Eggs laid in parallel lines on both surfaces of gum leaf.
Caterpillars often have a distinctive ‘cap’ of discarded head capsules.
Caterpillar hairs may cause irritation to human skin.
Damage to leaves of Eucalyptus, by skeletonising and defoliation

Gallery

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu [Uraba lugens] (female) Image — Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu Uraba lugens (female)

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu [Uraba lugens] (male) Image — Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu Uraba lugens (male)

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu [Uraba lugens] caterpillar. Image: Robert Briggs (CC-BY-SA-4.0) Image — Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu Uraba lugens caterpillar. Image: Robert Briggs (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu [Uraba lugens] caterpillars. Image: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen Denmark (CC-BY-2.0) Image — Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu Uraba lugens caterpillars. Image: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen Denmark (CC-BY-2.0)

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu [Uraba lugens] caterpillars. Image: ronigreer (CC-BY-NC) Image — Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu Uraba lugens caterpillars. Image: ronigreer (CC-BY-NC)

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu [Uraba lugens] eggs. Image: Project Noah Image — Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu Uraba lugens eggs. Image: Project Noah

Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu [Uraba lugens] eggs. Image: Project Noah Image — Gum leaf skeletoniser / Te kaiwhakaporoiwi rau purukamu Uraba lugens eggs. Image: Project Noah