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Magpie Moth

Nyctemera annulata

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Erebidae
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Nyctemera
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annulata

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RosinaBloom

(Zone 1) | March 2013 | Positive
The Magpie Moth - which is endemic to New Zealand - is medium sized and black with white spots on its two pairs of wings. The larvae feed on ragwort, cineraria and groundsel. This dead moth was on my bedroom window sill this morning.
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