Te pūrēhua pūriri

Ingoa Māori: pepe tuna; mokoroa, ngūtara; pūngoungou

Ingoa Pākehā: pūriri moth

Ingoa pūtaiao: Aenetus virescens (Doubleday in White and Doubleday); pūtoi = Lepidoptera; whānau = Hepialidae

• koia te pūrēhua rahi katoa i Aotearoa, heoi, kitea ai ia i Te Ika a Māui anake;
• he whanaunga ōna i Ahitereiria, i te Whenua Kanaki, me Pāpua Niu Kini;
• noho ai te torongū ki tētahi momo harore bracket;
• ka wiria e te torongū pakari he anaroa hei punanga mōna ki te kahiwi o tētahi rākau nui;
• kai ai te torongū i te kiko o te tūnga i te waha o te anaroa, otirā, ka hunaia te waha ki tētahi "tēneti" hiraka;
• i te anaroa ka huri te torongū hei ngeti;
• kāore te pūrēhua pakeke e kai, e ora ana ia mō ētahi rā ruarua nei;
• he ohopō ngā pūrēhua.

Arā he whakaahua o tētahi toa o tēnei momo kei te pae tukutuku mō ngā Lepidoptera o Aotearoa, e whakaatu ana i tētahi tauira e puritia ana i te Whare Taonga o Ahitereiria ki te Tonga, i Adelaide.

Tirohia a Dugdale, J.S. 1994: Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 30