Rights: Tony Wills, Creative Commons 2.5 Published 29 June 2018 Size: 800 KB Referencing Hub media

The pūriri moth (Aenetus virescens) is endemic to New Zealand. It is the country's largest moth. This is a female pūriri moth.

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    New Zealand moths

    Moths, along with butterflies, are part of the order Lepidoptera (from the Greek for scaled wings). Over 90% of New Zealand’s Lepidoptera species are endemic, found nowhere else in the world ...

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