Farm Forestry New Zealand
PESTS AND DISEASES OF FORESTRY IN NEW ZEALAND
Native caterpillar outbreak in the Reefton area
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From Forest Health News No. 49, February 1996.
An outbreak of the native moth Epichorista emphares was observed defoliating hard beech in forests south of Reefton on the South Island's west coast. Caterpillars of the moth had caused substantial damage to the new flush by early December 1995, resulting in a scorched appearance. Many of the affected trees had only just regained full crowns after bag moth defoliation several years earlier.
Paul Bradbury, MOF, Christchurch
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