ABSTRACT For Māori the kūmara symbolises the extensive voyages from the ancestral home of Hawaiki to Aotearoa New Zealand and the ingenuity needed to adapt growing practices for a tropical crop to the climate of New Zealand. From the thirteenth century, kūmara cultivation occurred along the coastlines in the warmer regions of New Zealand where its associated pests were controlled by traditional methods. In 1952, an observation was made indicating that Wiseana, an endemic genera of ghost moths, possibly fed on kūmara. The current study investigates the feeding habits and preferences of laboratory-reared Wiseana copularis and W. cervinata larvae for kūmara through no-choice and choice test bioassays. Kūmara tuber provided the largest mean weight gain for the two Wiseana species with a 122% increase by week 6 compared to white clover foliage. The mean weight gain of larvae fed with kūmara leaf, kūmara stem or white clover were not significantly different. All kūmara and white clover options were equally selected by larvae within the two-choice tests, therefore there was no differential preference for the kūmara plant material. This data indicates that the polyphagous herbivore larvae of Wiseana spp. may have fed on kūmara in traditional kūmara gardens, supporting the early published record. Further research is needed to determine if Wiseana larvae are affecting kūmara production today. Ki te Māori ko te kūmara e hua ai ngā hekenga maha ā ngā tīpuna mai i a Hawaiki ki Aotearoa, me ā rātou mōhiotanga ki te whakatipu i te kūmara ki te āhuarangi mātoke o Aotearoa. Nō te rautau tekau mā toru i whakatipu ai ngā kumara ki ngā takutai o Aotearoa ā, i āraia atu ngā mate, ngā kīrearea mā te whakaritenga tūturu. I te tau 1952 nō te tirohanga mai o te porina (Wiseana) kainga pea e te pūrehurehu taketake i ngā kūmara. Ko te rangahau o naianei ko ngā whiringa me ngā hiahia o te kai ā ngā torongū porina i whakatipu ai i roto i te taiwhanga pūtaiao ki roto i te whakamātau kore-kōwhiri, te whakamātau kōwhiri rānei. Ko te kōpura i whakaputa ai i te taumaha nui ake i te 122% i te taumaha o te korowa i te wiki tuaono. Kāhore he taumaha tino rerekē mō te whā me te kakau o te tipu ki te korowa. Kei roto i te kōwhiri whakamatau, ko ngā kūmara katoa me ngā korowa i kōwhiringia ōritengia ai e te huhu, nā reira kaore kau he mea rerekē mo te hiahiatanga o te tipu kūmara. I te mutunga, ē whakaatu ana te raraunga nei, kainga pea e te kaitipu huhu i ngā kūmara o ngā māra tūturu, hei tautoko hoki tēnei i ngā tuhinga o mua. Ma te rangahau anō ka kitengia mehemea ka pāngatia tonutia e te huhu (Wiseana) i te whakanaonga o ngā kūmara o naianei.

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Wiseana (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) 物种在毛利传统粮食作物上的摄食习性

摘要 对于毛利人来说，kūmara 象征着从夏威夷的祖籍地到新西兰奥特罗瓦的远航，以及使热带作物的种植方式适应新西兰气候所需的独创性。从 13 世纪开始，新西兰温暖地区的海岸线开始种植 kūmara，在那里通过传统方法控制相关害虫。1952 年，一项观察表明 Wiseana，一种特有的鬼蛾属，可能以 kūmara 为食。当前的研究通过无选择和选择测试生物测定调查了实验室饲养的 Wiseana copularis 和 W. cervinata 幼虫对 kūmara 的摄食习惯和偏好。与白三叶草相比，Kūmara 块茎为这两种 Wiseana 物种提供了最大的平均增重，在第 6 周时增加了 122%。用 kūmara 叶、kūmara 茎或白三叶草喂养的幼虫的平均体重增加没有显着差异。所有 kūmara 和白三叶草选项均由幼虫在两项选择测试中平等选择，因此对 kūmara 植物材料没有不同的偏好。该数据表明 Wiseana spp 的多食草食动物幼虫。可能在传统的 kūmara 花园中以 kūmara 为食，支持早期发表的记录。需要进一步的研究来确定 Wiseana 幼虫是否正在影响今天的 kūmara 生产。Ki te Māori ko te kūmara e hua ai ngā hekenga maha ā ngā tīpuna mai ia Hawaiki ki Aotearoa, me ā rātou mōhiotanga ki te whakatipu i te kūmara ki te āhuarangi mārote. Nō te rautau tekau mā toru i whakatipu ai ngā kumara ki ngā takutai o Aotearoa ā, i āraia atu ngā mate, ngā kīrearea mā te whakaritenga tūturu。I te tau 1952 nō te tirohanga mai o te porina (Wiseana) kainga pea e te pūrehurehu taketake i ngā kūmara。Ko te rangahau o naianei ko ngā whiringa me ngā hiahia o te kai ā ngā torongū porina i whakatipu ai i roto i te taiwhanga pūtaiao ki roto i te whakamātau kore-kōwhiri.te whakamātau kore-kōwhiri.te whakamātau Ko te kōpura i whakaputa ai i te taumaha nui ake i te 122% i te taumaha o te korowa i te wiki tuaono。Kāhore he taumaha tino rerekē mō te whā me te kakau o te tipu ki te korowa。Kei roto i te kōwhiri whakamatau, ko ngā kūmara katoa me ngā korowa i kōwhiringia ōritengia ai e te huhu, nā reira kaore kau he mea rerekē mo te hiahiatanga o te tipu kūmara。I te mutunga, ē whakaatu ana te raraunga nei, kainga pea e te kaitipu huhu i ngā kūmara o ngā māra tūturu, hei tautoko hoki tēnei i ngā tuhinga o mua。