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What is this bug?
Te anuhe o te pūrēhua ruru
Owl moth caterpillar
Dasypodia cymatodes
Guenée
Hoki ki te He aha tēnei pepeke?
Back to What is this bug?
Dasypodia selenophora
larva. Image: Matthew Connors / CC BY NC SA
Pūtoi
Order
Lepidoptera
Whānau
Family
Noctuidae
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Te Reo
Te Rahi
E 60 mm pea te roa.
Size range
Up to 60 mm long
Te Tītaringa
Nō Ahitereiria.
D. cymatodes
– kei te raki o Whakatū te nuinga;
D. selenophora
– puta noa i Aotearoa, engari ka kaha ake te kitea i Te Waka a Māui.
Distribution
Australian
D. cymatodes
, usually north of Nelson; a similar species,
D. selenophora
throughout New Zealand but commoner in South Island.
Te Huringa Ora
He pūrēhua rahi, e 70 mm te whānui mai i te pito o tētahi parirau ki tētahi.
Kai ai ngā anuhe i ngā rau o te wātara, ā, ki raro i te hiako huri ai hei ngeti.
Life history
Large moth, wingspan 70 mm
Caterpillars feed on wattle leaves, pupation under bark of wattles
Dasypodia cymatodes
. Image: Phil Bendle Collection, CitSciHub.nz
Dasypodia cymatodes
female. Image: Birgit Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research / CC-BY
Dasypodia cymatodes
male. Image: Birgit Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research / CC-BY
Dasypodia selenophora
larva. Image: Matthew Connors / CC BY NC SA
Dasypodia cymatodes
pupa. Image: tangatawhenua / CC BY NC