Te anuhe o te pūrēhua ruru

Owl moth caterpillar

Dasypodia cymatodes Guenée

[Dasypodia selenophora] larva. Image: Matthew Connors / CC BY NC SA

Dasypodia selenophora larva. Image: Matthew Connors / CC BY NC SA

Pūtoi
Order: Lepidoptera
Whānau
Family: Noctuidae

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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 Image — Dasypodia cymatodes. Image: Phil Bendle Collection, CitSciHub.nz

[Dasypodia cymatodes] female. Image: Birgit Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research / CC-BY Image — Dasypodia cymatodes female. Image: Birgit Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research / CC-BY

[Dasypodia cymatodes] male. Image: Birgit Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research / CC-BY Image — Dasypodia cymatodes male. Image: Birgit Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research / CC-BY

[Dasypodia selenophora] larva. Image: Matthew Connors / CC BY NC SA Image — Dasypodia selenophora larva. Image: Matthew Connors / CC BY NC SA

[Dasypodia cymatodes] pupa. Image: tangatawhenua / CC BY NC Image — Dasypodia cymatodes pupa. Image: tangatawhenua / CC BY NC