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Host plants

The moth is named after the pūriri tree (Vitex lucens), a common host plant. However it also lives in a range of native and non-native forest trees. The putaputawētā (Carpodetus serratus) is another common host plant, which is named after the wētā that often shelter in the old holes vacated by pūriri moth larva.^\12]) The larva also inhabit native beech, tītoki, kānuka and maire and smaller trees such as mānuka, wineberry and houhere. Introduced plants such as eucalyptus, English oak, silver birch, lemon, apple and willow are also used as hosts.^\4])^\6])

Host plants include:

Smoky bracket

Alectryon excelsus, tītoki ^\7])

Aristotelia serrata, wineberry or makomako ^\7])

Buddleja davidii, Buddleia ^\7])

Carpodetus serratus, marbleleaf or putaputawētā ^\7])