Experts say there is no cause for alarm over the discovery of a painted apple moth in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore last month.
Biosecurity New Zealand says it is not from an established New Zealand population.
They suspect it was a lone hitchhiker that arrived from Australia after it
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