Selwyn Times: March 21, 2018
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12 Wednesday <strong>March</strong> <strong>21</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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Backyard Critters<br />
Mike<br />
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ecologist<br />
who<br />
specialises in<br />
entomology<br />
(insects and other<br />
invertebrates). Each<br />
week he introduces a<br />
new species found in<br />
his backyard at Lincoln.<br />
His column aims to raise<br />
public awareness of<br />
biodiversity, the variety<br />
of living things around us<br />
A MOTH recently found<br />
inside my house was the<br />
plantain moth, Scopula<br />
rubraria.<br />
With a 20mm wingspan,<br />
the straw-coloured<br />
moth usually has a distinctive<br />
dot and zig-zag<br />
markings on its wings,<br />
but can be variable.<br />
The species is found in<br />
New Zealand, Australia,<br />
the Kermadecs, New<br />
Caledonia and Norfolk<br />
Island.<br />
Its host, plantain, may<br />
be in your lawn, but has<br />
also become a common<br />
DISTINCTIVE:<br />
With a 20mm<br />
wingspan,<br />
the plantain<br />
moth, Scopula<br />
rubraria usually<br />
has dot and<br />
zig-zag<br />
markings on its<br />
wings, but can<br />
be variable. <br />
Lawn plantain host to moths<br />
pasture species because<br />
of its drought tolerance<br />
due to its long taproot.<br />
The female moth lays<br />
random strings of ellipsodal<br />
off-white eggs on<br />
the leaves of the plantain.<br />
These hatch and larvae<br />
grow to 20mm long,<br />
brown caterpillars.<br />
This species can reach<br />
large numbers in the<br />
North Island during<br />
summer, with some<br />
farmers reporting significant<br />
crop damage of up<br />
to 90 per cent of plantain<br />
plants.<br />
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